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1、Wondersoftheworld世界奇观NO.1StonehengeWithit’senormousstonesdatingpast2400BC,thepurposeandconstructionmethodsofStonehengehavelongbeendebated.Humansaregenerallyacceptedtohavebuilttheactualmonument,ascomparablylargestoneshavebeenerectedinmoderntimesusingprimitivetools.However,AncientAstronauttheorist
2、sclaimthatthepositionsofthestonesconfirmanancientabilitytopredicteclipses.Thisabilitywouldmeantheancientshadknowledgeoflunarnodes–thetwopointsinspacewhereEarth’sorbitintersectsthemoon’sorbit.Thisknowledgewouldn’tbepossiblewithoutextraterrestrialinfluence—orbygenerationsofastutestudythatwascontin
3、uouslypasseddownandimprovedupon.Modernscienceobviouslyleanstowardsthelatter,butitispossiblethatscientistshavealsoattributedtoomuchastronomicalmeaningtotheplacementofthestones.巨石阵巨石阵的历史可追溯至公元前2400年前,其建造目的和方法长久以来没有定论。普遍认为是人类建造了这个实际上的纪念碑,与此类似,人们在现代也曾使用原始工具立起过巨大的石头。但是,古代宇航员理论支持者声称,石头的位置证明古代人有预测日月食
4、的能力。这种能力表明,古代人掌握了黄白道交点--地球轨道与月球轨道在太空中相交的两点--的知识。没有外星人的影响(或通过几代人不断传承和改善的努力研究),古人是不可能掌握这种知识的。现代科学显然支持后一种猜测,但也有可能是科学家对巨石的位置赋予了过多的天文学含义。MAYACIVILIZATIONLiketheEgyptians,theMayaarewellknownfortheirpyramids,whichvaryinshape,dependingonwheretheywerebuilt.TheMayaoccupiedtheYucatanPeninsula注1andtheircivi
5、lization[文明]wasformedasearlyas1500BC.Contraryto[与……相反]popularmystery,theMayanever“disappeared”-millionsofthemstillliveintheregion,manyofwhichstillspeakoneoranotherlanguageoftheMayanfamily.Mayamarriageswerearrangedbyadultsandpriests,andnotasfrequentlybyacouplewhohadfalleninlove.TheMayamarriedata
6、youngeragethanpeopledonowadays.Whenaboyreached16,andagirlreached12,theywouldeachhaveaceremony.Theyworejewelrysuchaswhitebeads[珠子]forboysandredshellsforgirls.Attheweddingceremonythecouplewouldbeblessedbyapriest[牧师].Anditisbelieved,therewasnohoneymoonandnovows[誓言]exchanged.TheDeadSeaTheDeadSeaislo
7、catedinIsraelandJordan,about15mileseastofJerusalem.Becauseofitslowelevationanditspositioninadeepbasin,theclimateoftheDeadSeaareaisunusual.Itsveryhighevaporationdoesproduceahazeyetitsatmospherichumidityislow.Adjacentareastoit
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