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1、双语：考古学家发现埃及金字塔并非奴隶所建http://edu.QQ.com 2010年01月13日09:39 英语点津 我要评论(1) InthisundatedphotoreleasedbytheEgyptianSupremeCouncilofAntiquitiesonSunday,January10,2010,potteryandbonesareseeninatomb,inGiza,Egypt.Egyptianarchaeologistshavediscoveredanewsetoftombsofthe
2、workerswhobuiltthegreatpyramids,sheddingnewlightonhowthelaborerslivedandatemorethan4,000yearsago,theantiquitiesdepartmentsaidSunday.ZahiHawass,thedirectorofEgypt'sSupremeCouncilofAntiquities,saysthetombsaresignificantbecausetheyshowthatthepyramidswerenotbuil
3、tbyslaves,butratherfreeworkers.(Agencies)NewtombsfoundinGizasupporttheviewthattheGreatPyramidswerebuiltbyfreeworkersandnotslaves,aswidelybelieved,Egypt'schiefarchaeologistsaidonSunday.Filmsandmediahavelongdepictedslavestoilingawayinthedeserttobuildthemammoth
4、pyramidsonlytomeetamiserabledeathattheendoftheirefforts."Thesetombswerebuiltbesidetheking'spyramid,whichindicatesthatthesepeoplewerenotbyanymeansslaves,"ZahiHawass,thechiefarchaeologistheadingtheEgyptian excavationteam,saidinastatement."Iftheywereslaves,they
5、wouldnothavebeenabletobuildtheirtombsbesidetheirking's."Hesaidthecollectionofworkers'tombs,someofwhichwerefoundinthe1990s,wereamongthemostsignificantfindsinthe20thand21stcenturies.Theybelongedtoworkerswhobuiltthepyramidsof Khufuand Khafre.Hawasshadearlierfou
6、nd graffitionthewallsfromworkerscallingthemselves"friendsofKhufu"-anothersignthattheywerenotslaves.Thetombs,ontheGizaplateauonthewesternedgeofCairo,are4,510yearsoldandlieattheentranceofaone-km(halfmile)-long necropolis.Hawasssaidevidencehadbeenfoundshowingth
7、atfarmersintheDeltaandUpperEgypthadsent21 buffaloand23sheeptotheplateaueverydaytofeedthebuilders,believedtonumberaround10,000-oraboutatenthofGreekhistorian Herodotus'sestimateof100,000.Thesefarmerswere exemptedfrompayingtaxestothegovernmentofancientEgypt-evi
8、dencethathesaidunderscoredthefacttheywereparticipatinginanationalproject.Thefirstdiscoveryofworkers'tombsin1990cameaboutaccidentallywhenahorsestumbledonabrickstructure10meters(yards)awayfromtheb
