英“巨石陣”外圍又發現“超級巨石”
'Super' Stonehenge Discovered A Short Distance From The Original Monument
英“巨石陣”外圍又發現“超級巨石”Discovered 3-ft underground beneath the Durrington Walls, “Superhenge', that lies about two miles from the original Stonehenge, is the largest stone monument discovery in Europe. The scientist says that ground-penetrating radar images indicate that there may have been of up to 90 stones, 30 of which are still well preserved.
位於英國巨石陣附近兩公里處杜靈威環石牆下3英尺的地方，發現了超級石陣。據科學家們稱，地下探測雷達的分辨圖顯示該石陣也許有多達90塊巨石，其中的30塊都保存良好。
According to the researchers, the massive stones that measure as high as 15-feet in height most likely date back to burial site's inception, about 5,000 years ago. They suspect that the preserved stones may have been knocked over and buried in the soil a century later, during the construction of the Durrington Walls. The ones that did not get buried adequately are either fragmented or have disintegrated completely, leaving behind empty pits where they once stood.
據調查者所說，這些高達15英尺的巨大石頭很可能建造於地下遺址存在之初，大約5000年之前。他們猜測這些保存下來的石頭應該是在一世紀之前，即都靈爲環石牆建造的時候被撞倒，然後埋在地下的。而那些沒被埋起來的石頭有些碎成小塊了，有些則完全被撞碎，只留下了空蕩的石坑。
The discovery is the latest in a slew of new finds by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology. It brings together experts from around the world to research Stonehenge and the surrounding areas. The aim of the four-year project that ends in 2017, is to create an extensive underground 3-D map of the area around Stonehenge to document what is already known and search for what still lies hidden.
這個最新發現是由伯明翰大學和奧地利與路德維希-玻爾茲曼學院考古勘測及虛擬考古研究所聯合開展的巨石陣隱藏遺蹟研究計劃中一系列的發現之一，聚集了世界各地對這片區域的調查。該計劃長達4年，將於2017年結束，主要目的是針對已發現和未知的遺址繪製一個大型地圖。Other notable discoveries made possible by the virtual excavation includes 17 new shrine-like structures and a 108-foot long burial mound. These finds have helped researchers realize that Stonehenge was not a monument in isolation, but part of a rich monumental landscape. While it has always been seen as a place of religious significance, these recent developments seem to suggest that the area could have been the birthplace of the idea of ceremonial procession, or a liturgy.
其他通過虛擬挖掘的知名發現包括17個類似神龕的新雕塑和一個108英尺長的墓穴。這些發現幫助科學家們瞭解到巨石陣並不是一個單獨的遺址，而是龐大遺址羣的一部分。雖然這裏一直被認爲是宗教重地，最近的發現似乎還證實了這裏還有可能是遊行與禮拜的發源地。So will this 'Superhenge' displace the original Stonehenge? Probably not, given that the archaeologists have no intention of unearthing the bigger neighbor any time soon!
那麼這片超級石陣有可能代替原有的石陣嗎？應該不會，因爲考古學家暫時沒打算把這片石陣完全挖掘出來。譯文屬原創，僅供學習和交流使用，未經許可，請勿轉載。
