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Only one of the Seven Wonders that remains¹ is the Great Pyramid of Giza and that's located in Egypt.

AZUZ: Just one of the priceless archeological relics² of the ancient country, Egyptian engineers recently moved another example, a statue about 1,300 feet from a storage area to a museum in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Doing that cost more than three quarters of a million dollars.

Why? Because the statue weighs 80 tons, half the estimated weight of a blue whale and it's more than 3,000 years old.

It's hoped to help bring tourists back to Egypt, a nation that has struggled with numerous terrorist attacks in recent years.

REPORTER: An 83-ton statue of Ramses II, considered one of ancient Egypt's greatest rulers, has been moved to a new home.

Escorted by a marching band, a mounted military guard, and much funfair, the 3,200-year-old granite³ statue was transported 400 meters in a specially⁴ built cage to the Grand Egyptian Museum. Ramses II also known as Ramses The Great ruled ancient Egypt from 1279 to 1213 B.C.

He is known for conquering large areas of Nubia, in what is now Sudan and Syria, and for building on a colossal⁵ scale. This is the fourth and thought to be final moved the statue has made in its long history.

It was moved once in the 13th century B.C. and not again until 1954 when Egypt's president ordered that it be brought to Cairo. It stood outside Cairo's main train station until 2006, when the government moved it to a temporary location in Giza, fearing that auto⁶ emissions⁷ were damaging the granite.

Its new home is Egypt's massive Grand Egyptian Museum, a 650,000 square foot facility that is still under construction. The museum is intended to reignite the country's tourism sector⁸ damaged by years of violent instability.

Ramses now stand at the entrance to the museum, waiting to welcome tourist through its doors.

1 remains   

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。

2 relics   

[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸

参考例句：

• The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
• Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。

3 granite   

adj.花岗岩，花岗石

参考例句：

• They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
• The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。

4 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

5 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。

6 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

7 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

8 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。