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经典英语美文阅读：英国史前巨石阵为病人朝拜地

Archaeologists
probing
the
secrets
of
Stonehenge,
Britain's
most
famous
prehistoric
monument
said
on
Monday, it may have been an ancient pilgrimage site for the
sick who believed its stones had healing qualities.
考古学家们于本周一公布，
英国最著名的史前遗址巨石阵可能是
古代病人的朝圣地。
据推测，
巨石阵的石头可能被 史前人类当作是具
有治疗功效的幸运石。

It has always been a mystery why bluestones, the smaller
stones
that
form part
of
the
circle,
were
transported
around
155 miles from Preseli Hills in Wales to WiltshIre in southem
England.
Archaeologists
from
Boumemouth
Ur:uversity,
who
carried
out
the
dig
in
April
the
first
at
Stonehenge
since
1964-believe
the
bluestones
were
revered
as
healing
stones.
"It
was
the
magical
qualities
these
stones
which..,
transformed the monument and made it a place of pilgrimage
for
the
sick
and
injured
of
the
Neolithic
world,"
a
statement
from
the
archaeologist
team
ey
1

Wainwright, president of the Society of Antiquaries of London
and one of the experts leading the work, told BBC radio that
one
reason
which
lead
to
the
conclusion
was
because
anumber
of
the
burials
around
Stonehenge
showed
signs
of
trauma and deformity.
长期以来，人们
;
直很困惑 ，为什么人们要把巨石阵里的一种蓝
色小石头从
155
英里以外的威尔士普利斯里山运 到英格兰南部威尔
特郡这里昵
?
伯恩茅斯大学的考古学家们推测，可能当时的人们信奉
这些蓝色的石头具有神奇疗效。
考古学家于今年
4
月对史前巨石阵进
行了自
1964
年以来的首次发掘。该考古小组在一份声明中说：
“巨
石阵曾 经可能只是个纪念碑，
但这些具有魔力的石头被搬来之后，
这
里就变成了新时器时代伤 病者的朝圣地。

”

伦敦古文物学会主席、
考古小组专家杰弗里< br>‘
韦恩莱特在接受
BBC
广播的采访时说，
得出这一结论 的其中一个根据就是，巨石阵附近埋葬了很多伤残者。

The
archaeologists
said
in
the
statement
that
radio-carbon
dating
put
the
construction
of
the
circle
of
bluestones at between 2,400 B.C. and 2,200 B.C.,afew centuries
later
than
originally
thought,
But
they
found
fragments
of
charcoal dating from before 7,000 B.C., showing humans were
active in the area much earlier than previously thought.
考古学家在一份声明中说，< br>经放射性碳测年法鉴定，
环形巨石阵
应该建造于公元前
2400
年至公 元前
2200
年之间，比之前的推测晚
2

了几百年。但考古学家 还在此发现了公元前
7000
年前的木炭碎片，
这说明在更早的时期已有人类活跃在这 一地带。

During
the
excavation
at
the
World
Heritage
Site
on
Salisbury
Plain,the
researchers
also
fourtd
a
beiker
pottery
fragment,
Roman
ceramics
and
ancient
stone
hammers.
"We now know, mucb to our surprise and delight, that
Stonehenge
was
not
just
prehistoric
monument,
it
was
a
Roman
and
mediaeval
monument,"
said
Wainwright,
Another
of
the
team
leaders,
Tim
Darvill
of
Boumemouth
University
,
said
the
bluestones
appeared
central
to
the
purpose of Stonehenge although it may have had more than
one function. Other theories about Stonehenge are that it was
a religious site or that it acted as a calendar.
考古人员还在发掘过程中发现了大口陶器杯的碎片、
古罗马陶器
以及古石锤，
位于索 尔兹伯里平原的史前巨石阵现在已被列入世界文
化遗址。韦恩莱特说：
"
现 在我们知道了
'
巨石阵不仅是
史前的纪念碑，
也是古罗马和中世纪时 期的祭坛，
这个发现让我们十
分惊喜。
"
考古小组的另一位专家、 伯恩茅斯大学的蒂姆
;
达维
尔说，
巨石阵可能有多种功能，
但蓝色小 石头应该是其功能的一个重
要体现。其他理论认为，巨石阵曾是个宗教场所或是一个日历等等。

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