A great archaeological discovery in the 20th century翻译.docx

A great archaeological discovery in the 20th centuryThis was one of the most important archaeological discovery in the 20th century. Its find was as dramatic and exciting as the discovery itself. Here is the story.The first hint.The first hint that led to the discovery of the tomb of king Tutankhamum was on November 4th, 1922.Howard Carter, the excavator, noted in his diary: “at about 10 am I discovered underneath the first hut the first step of the entrance to the tomb….It seemed like a staircase to a tomb of the type of the 18th Dynasty but nothing more could be discovered till the rubbish was cleaned away.”The next day Carter and his team removed the rubbish from the staircase to find the remains of a doorway that was still fastened. This was very significant as it was clearly a tomb of somebody important, and it had not been robbed. He noticed some of the wall had fallen away and when he looked inside, he saw a corridor completely filled with stones and rubbish.On November 26th, 1922 Carter’s colleagues from England came to see what he had found. They started to remove the rubbish from the corridor.The findWhen Carter got to the second sealed doorway, he made a small hole to see what was inside that room or passageway ( antechamber—a room in front of an important room ) and put a candle inside to get a better view. Everyone with him waited eagerly. He widened the hole and let the others look inside too. In his diary he describes their astonishment at the marvelous collection of treasures. They included: two strange black statues of the king, wearing gold shoes and carrying royal insignia; gold chairs decorated with the heads of animals and gods; beautifully painted boxes; flowers; vases decorated with some beautiful flower designs; strange black boxes; white chests; a golden seat for the Pharaoh and lastly a cart made of gold.Their first impression was of a room filled with treasure from another civilization. They felt amazement, shock and surprise, and they cou