Another stone door found in Egyptian pyramid1)
Scientists using a robot have discovered yet another door deep inside the Great Pyramid,Egypt’s archaeologist2) Hawass said.This find is a similar stone door with last week’s door,but this in the northern shaft,last week's discovery in the southern shaft.There’ve been 3doors discovered in the Great Pyramid.Hawass said he would consult with other experts to try to determine whether the doors have symbolic or structural3) roles and use those theories to map further exploration4).
大金字塔內(nèi)又發(fā)現(xiàn)一道石門
埃及考古學(xué)家哈瓦斯說,科學(xué)家們在大金字塔塔內(nèi)深處利用機(jī)器人又發(fā)現(xiàn)一道石門,這道石門與上周發(fā)現(xiàn)的石門類似,只不過這次發(fā)現(xiàn)的石門在塔身北部,而上周發(fā)現(xiàn)的是在塔身南部,這樣大金字塔已發(fā)現(xiàn)了3道石門。哈瓦斯說,他將與其他科學(xué)家共同研究這些石門究竟代表了什么,是一種象征還是塔本身結(jié)構(gòu)所需要的,然后利用這一結(jié)論來計(jì)劃進(jìn)一步的探究。
NOTE 注釋:
pyramid [5pirEmid] n. 金字塔
archaeologist [7B:ki5ClEdVist] n. 考古學(xué)家
structural [5strQktFErEl] adj. 結(jié)構(gòu)的, 建筑的
exploration [7eksplC:5reiFEn] n. 探險(xiǎn),探究