Name: 鱷魚木乃伊--埃及失落的寶藏 (Mummified Crocodiles | Lost Treasures of Egypt)
Uploaded: 2020-11-15T18:11:02.000Z
Duration: 3 min 23 s

at the ancient necropolis of Qubbet El-Hawa, professor

亞歷杭德羅-希門尼斯-塞拉諾率領一個人

of the largest foreign teams working in Egypt today.

是目前在埃及工作的最大外國團隊之一。

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ-SERRANO: During the last 11 years,

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ-SERRANO：在過去的11年裡。

we have been excavating this huge complex

我們一直在挖掘這個龐大的建築群

of tombs where the governors of the 12th dynasty were buried.

NARRATOR: These burial chambers were built for the nobles

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ-SERRANO: We will see what we will find.

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ -SERRANO：我們將看到我們會發現什麼。

today, for what we will find or which surprise we will have.

今天，我們會發現什麼，或者我們會有哪些驚喜。

NARRATOR: Close to a cliff side, the team reports

在靠近懸崖邊的地方，隊員們報告說

The huge jaws include some teeth two inches long.

巨大的下顎包括一些兩英寸長的牙齒。

RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ: At first, we can only see this head only.

RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ：一開始，我們只能看到這個頭而已。

We were like, wow, a crocodile, a crocodile!

我們當時就想，哇，一條鱷魚，一條鱷魚!

And we were, like, oh, my God, there are two crocodiles!

我們就像，哦，我的天啊，有兩條鱷魚!

NARRATOR: The crocodiles are an especially lucky

RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ: I ask, oh, this is something common?

RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ：我問，哦，這是常見的東西？

This is the first crocodile that we've seen in 11 years.

這是11年來我們看到的第一條鱷魚。

NARRATOR: The crocodiles may be close to the river Nile,

旁白：鱷魚可能就在尼羅河附近。

The bones have black marks, the remains of skin and flesh.

骨頭上有黑色的痕跡，是皮肉的殘骸。

They are so well-preserved, Alejandro thinks

它們保存得很好，亞歷杭德羅想。

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ-SERRANO: It's a challenge to explain why

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ-SERRANO：這是一個挑戰，以解釋為什麼。

NARRATOR: Mummified crocodiles are an unusual

木乃伊化的鱷魚是一種不尋常的東西

find and have only ever been unearthed at a small number

出土，而且只在少數地區出土過。

They could be a sign of a rare form of animal worship.

它們可能是一種罕見的動物崇拜形式的標誌。

As the team slowly unearths more skeletons,

隨著團隊慢慢發掘出更多的骨架。

And they're deteriorating, all except one.

而且他們正在惡化，除了一個。

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ-SERRANO: Unfortunately, they

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ-SERRANO：不幸的是，他們。

are not in a good of state of preservation.

NARRATOR: The intact crocodile is extremely fragile.

旁白：完整的鱷魚是非常脆弱的。

Before they attempt to move it, they carefully extract

在他們試圖移動它之前，他們小心翼翼地提取出

In the midday sun, the temperature is over 90 degrees

在正午的陽光下，溫度超過90度。

RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ: They say that smell grows.

I'm not smelling anything because I've got a cold,

我沒有聞到任何氣味，因為我感冒了。

NARRATOR: Now the crocodile is exposed to the air and sun,

現在鱷魚暴露在空氣和陽光下。