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1、雙語(yǔ)：考古學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)埃及金字塔并非奴隸所建http://edu.QQ.com 2010年01月13日09:39 ?英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 我要評(píng)論(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
