Name: 古埃及金字塔的演變｜失落的埃及寶藏--------。 (The Evolution of Ancient Egypt's Pyramids | Lost Treasures of Egypt)
Uploaded: 2020-10-30T18:12:43.000Z
Duration: 3 min 39 s

NARRATOR: The West Bank of the River Nile,

home to the world's most iconic monuments,

世界上最有代表性的紀念碑的所在地。

The pyramids once housed the bodies of the pharaohs.

金字塔曾經存放過法老們的屍體。

But though ancient Egyptian civilization lasted for nearly

但是，雖然古埃及文明持續了近乎

3,000 years, its kings only built huge tombs

三千年來，它的國王只建造了巨大的陵墓。

像這樣的情況已經有幾個世紀了。

For Egyptologist Chris Norton, the majesty

對於埃及學者克里斯-諾頓來說，威嚴的是

that Egyptians gave up building them all the more incredible.

埃及人放棄建造它們更讓人難以置信。

10 miles south of the legendary pyramids of Giza is Saqqara.

傳說中的吉薩金字塔以南10英里就是薩卡拉。

CHRIS NAUNTON: When we think about pyramids,

we tend to think of Giza, I think, and the Great Pyramid

我們往往會想到吉薩，我想，還有大金字塔。

But actually, this is where it all began.

NARRATOR: Chris has come to the birthplace of pyramid building

克里斯來到了金字塔建築的發源地。

to search for clues to why Egyptians built giant pyramids

來尋找埃及人為什麼要建造巨型金字塔的線索。

Constructed a century before the iconic pyramids at Giza,

比吉薩的標誌性金字塔早一個世紀建造。

Egypt's first pyramid is a 200 foot tall mausoleum

埃及的第一座金字塔是一座200英尺高的陵墓。

of six huge limestone platforms carefully

engineered to spread the weight of rock and prevent collapse.

為分散岩石的重量和防止坍塌而設計的。

Deep inside is a giant shaft 26 feet wide and 82 feet deep.

裡面深處是一個寬26英尺、深82英尺的巨大豎井。

At the bottom, the intended final resting place

在底部，是預定的最終安息地。

CHRIS NAUNTON: Ultimately that's what it's all about.

CHRIS NAUNTON：最終這就是它的意義所在。

That's where the body of a king is going to rest in eternity.

那是一個國王的身體將永遠安息的地方。

NARRATOR: To house his mummy, huge chunks of granite

為了安置他的木乃伊，用了大量的花崗岩。

and stacked, creating a giant sarcophagus

並堆疊起來，形成一個巨大的石棺。

CHRIS NAUNTON: My god, these pieces are huge.

designed to secure the pharaoh's physical body for eternity.

最關鍵的是，為了來世的成功。

the pyramid ensured the king was remembered by the living.

金字塔確保了國王被活著的人記住。

大約在公元前2650年完成，它引發了人們的關注。

Djoser's six tier giant wasn't just the first pyramid.

Djoser的六層巨人並不只是第一座金字塔。

It was the world's first monumental structure

它是世界上第一座紀念性建築。

Over the next century, Egypt's kings develop the concept,

在接下來的一個世紀裡，埃及的國王們發展了這個概念。

building monumental tombs all along the Nile's West Bank,

在尼羅河西岸一帶建造紀念性的陵墓。

including the first geometrically true pyramid,

包括第一座幾何學上的真金字塔。

Then a dynasty of pharaohs built the most iconic monuments

然後，一個王朝的法老們建造了最具代表性的古蹟

But just a few short centuries after the Great Pyramid

但就在大金字塔建成後的短短几百年間

of Khufu rose from the desert, a new era was on the horizon.

忽必烈從沙漠中升起，一個新的時代即將到來。

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