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古埃及文明辉煌 普通人生活艰辛
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  • New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found.

    Tell el-Amarna was the capital of ancient Egypt during the reign1 of the pharaoh Akhenaten, who abandoned most of Egypt's old gods in favor of the Aten sun disk and brought in a new and more expressive2 style of art.

    Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt between 1379 and 1362 BC, built and lived in Tell el-Amarna in central Egypt for 15 years. The city was largely abandoned shortly after his death and the ascendance of the famous boy king Tutankhamun to the throne.

    Studies on the remains3 of ordinary ancient Egyptians in a cemetery4 in Tell el-Amarna showed that many of them suffered from anemia5, fractured bones, stunted6 growth and high juvenile7 mortality rates, according to professors Barry Kemp and Jerome Rose, who led the research.

    Rose, a professor of anthropology8 in the University of Arkansas in the United States, said adults buried in the cemetery were probably brought there from other parts of Egypt.

    "This means that we have a period of deprivation9 in Egypt prior to the Amarna phase," he said.

    "So maybe things were not so good for the average Egyptian and maybe Akhenaten said we have to change to make things better," he said.

    Kemp, director of the Amarna Project which seeks in part to increase public knowledge of Tell el-Amarna and surrounding region, said little attention has been given to the cemeteries10 of ordinary ancient Egyptians.

    Rose displayed pictures showing spinal11 injuries among teenagers, probably because of accidents during construction work to build the city.

    The study showed that anemia ran at 74 percent among children and teenagers, and at 44 percent among adults, Rose said. The average height of men was 159 cm (5 feet 2 inches) and 153 cm among women.

    "Adult heights are used as a proxy12 for overall standard of living," he said. "Short statures reflect a diet deficient13 in protein. ... People were not growing to their full potential."

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    1 reign [reɪn] pBbzx   第7级
    n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;vi.占优势
    参考例句:
    • The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century. 伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
    • The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years. 朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
    2 expressive [ɪkˈspresɪv] shwz4   第9级
    adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
    参考例句:
    • Black English can be more expressive than standard English. 黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
    • He had a mobile, expressive, animated face. 他有一张多变的,富于表情的, 生动活泼的脸。
    3 remains [rɪˈmeɪnz] 1kMzTy   第7级
    n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
    参考例句:
    • He ate the remains of food hungrily. 他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
    • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog. 残羹剩饭喂狗了。
    4 cemetery [ˈsemətri] ur9z7   第8级
    n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
    参考例句:
    • He was buried in the cemetery. 他被葬在公墓。
    • His remains were interred in the cemetery. 他的遗体葬在墓地。
    5 anemia [ə'ni:mi:ə] joGy3   第10级
    n.贫血,贫血症
    参考例句:
    • The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。
    • I was put on iron tablets for my anemia. 我曾因贫血吃补铁药片。
    6 stunted ['stʌntid] b003954ac4af7c46302b37ae1dfa0391   第8级
    adj.矮小的;发育迟缓的
    参考例句:
    • the stunted lives of children deprived of education 未受教育的孩子所过的局限生活
    • But the landed oligarchy had stunted the country's democratic development for generations. 但是好几代以来土地寡头的统治阻碍了这个国家民主的发展。
    7 juvenile [ˈdʒu:vənaɪl] OkEy2   第8级
    n.青少年,少年读物;adj.青少年的,幼稚的
    参考例句:
    • For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner. 身为成年人,他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
    • Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate. 青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
    8 anthropology [ˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒi] zw2zQ   第8级
    n.人类学
    参考例句:
    • I believe he has started reading up anthropology. 我相信他已开始深入研究人类学。
    • Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture. 社会人类学主要关于文化多样性。
    9 deprivation [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn] e9Uy7   第9级
    n.匮乏;丧失;夺去,贫困
    参考例句:
    • Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous. 许多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
    • Missing the holiday was a great deprivation. 错过假日是极大的损失。
    10 cemeteries [ˈsemitriz] 4418ae69fd74a98b3e6957ca2df1f686   第8级
    n.(非教堂的)墓地,公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里,邻近墓地的地方,时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句
    11 spinal [ˈspaɪnl] KFczS   第11级
    adj.针的,尖刺的,尖刺状突起的;脊骨的,脊髓的
    参考例句:
    • After three days in Japan, the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible. 在日本三天,就已经使脊柱变得很灵活了。
    • Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae. 你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
    12 proxy [ˈprɒksi] yRXxN   第10级
    n.代理权,代表权;(对代理人的)委托书;代理人
    参考例句:
    • You may appoint a proxy to vote for you. 你可以委托他人代你投票。
    • We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting. 我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。
    13 deficient [dɪˈfɪʃnt] Cmszv   第9级
    adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的
    参考例句:
    • The crops are suffering from deficient rain. 庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。
    • I always have been deficient in selfconfidence and decision. 我向来缺乏自信和果断。

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