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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.Egyptianarchaeologistshavediscoveredanewsetoftombsoftheworkerswhobuiltthegreatpyramids,sheddingn
2、ewlightonhowthelaborerslivedandatemorethan4,000yearsago,theantiquitiesdepartmentsaidSunday.ZahiHawass,thedirectorofEgypt'sSupremeCouncilofAntiquities,saysthetombsaresignificantbecausetheyshowthatthepyramidswerenotbuiltbyslaves,butratherfreeworkers.(Agencies)NewtombsfoundinGizasupporttheviewthattheG
3、reatPyramidswerebuiltbyfreeworkersandnotslaves,aswidelybelieved,Egypt'schiefarchaeologistsaidonSunday.Filmsandmediahavelongdepictedslavestoilingawayinthedeserttobuildthemammothpyramidsonlytomeetamiserabledeathattheendoftheirefforts."Thesetombswerebuiltbesidetheking'spyramid,whichindicatesthatthesep
4、eoplewerenotbyanymeansslaves,"ZahiHawass,thechiefarchaeologistheadingtheEgyptian excavationteam,saidinastatement."Iftheywereslaves,theywouldnothavebeenabletobuildtheirtombsbesidetheirking's."Hesaidthecollectionofworkers'tombs,someofwhichwerefoundinthe1990s,wereamongthemostsignificantfindsinthe20tha
5、nd21stcenturies.Theybelongedtoworkerswhobuiltthepyramidsof Khufuand Khafre.Hawasshadearlierfound graffitionthewallsfromworkerscallingthemselves"friendsofKhufu"-anothersignthattheywerenotslaves.Thetombs,ontheGizaplateauonthewesternedgeofCairo,are4,510yearsoldandlieattheentranceofaone-km(halfmile)-lo
6、ng necropolis.HawasssaidevidencehadbeenfoundshowingthatfarmersintheDeltaandUpperEgypthadsent21 buffaloand23sheeptotheplateaueverydaytofeedthebuilders,believedtonumberaround10,000-oraboutatenthofGreekhistorian Herodotus'sestimateof100,000.Thesefarmerswere exemptedfrompayingtaxestothegovernmentofanci
7、entEgypt-evidencethathesaidunderscoredthefacttheywereparticipatinginanationalproject.Thefirstdiscoveryofworkers'tombsin1990cameaboutaccidentallywhenahorsestumbledonabrickstructure10meters(yards)awayfromtheb
