【地理英文】Chichen Itza's El Castillo Is A Pyramid In A Pyramid In A Pyramid

Chichen Itza's El Castillo Is A Pyramid In A Pyramid In A Pyramid

文章引言：

In the ancient Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza sits a pyramid called Kukulcan, also known as El Castillo. Archaeologists have long known that this mysterious structure hides a second pyramid within its walls, but new technology has unearthed something strange: a third pyramid inside the second. El Castillo is a pyramid within a pyramid within a pyramid. If researchers can reach it, it could tell them important things about the early people who built it.



文章概要：

神秘的馬雅文明，其遺址奇琴伊察（Chichen Itza），最為人所知的建築莫過於卡斯蒂略金字塔（El Castillo）。在1940年代左右，即有考古學家發現在這金字塔中仍有一層金字塔，但更驚人的是，最近，考古團隊利用「三維電阻率層析成像（ERT-3D）」技術探測出在這兩層金字塔中居然還有一個金字塔（連結）。

只是基於古蹟保存，無法進行實際的破壞，來看到這個如同俄羅斯娃娃的金字塔。

單字頗析：
  • fairly (adv.) 公平地，公正地；正當地
  • ruin (n.) 廢墟；遺跡
  • Cenote (n.) 墨西哥的天然溶洞；天然井
  • subterranean (adj.) 地下的
  • sacrifice (n.) 牲品
  • remnants (n.) 遺跡
  • altar (n.) 聖壇，祭壇
  • proximity (n.) 接近，鄰近；親近[U][（+to/of）]
  • infrastructure (n.)公共建設；基礎建設
  • excavation (n.)挖掘；開鑿
  • archaeologist (n.) 考古學家
  • charge (n.) 負責

個人心得：

對於墨西哥，如同埃及與中國古文明一般充滿著這種神秘感，但是他的神秘更在於他的滅亡，連文字也被抹滅，留下太多的我們無法理解的遺址，認識這個文明也更有其難度。
不知道未來的未來，會不會當我們這個時代的人類因為瘟疫或什麼巨大的事件，地球上留下的高樓殘骸，還有數不盡的電子產品，也讓其他高等外星生物無法理解，到底這個星球曾經在做的事情？


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Article Link : Chichen Itza's El Castillo Is A Pyramid In A Pyramid In A Pyramid
Article Author : Curiosity

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