纪录片《文明》 第21期 创世纪的第二个瞬间（21）

Here was a culture that wanted to clothe its belligerence¹

这是一段想用精心粉饰来掩藏

in sophistication

其好战本质的文明

that would play a vital role in European history -

它在欧洲历史上至关重要

the Mycenaeans.

那就是迈锡尼文明

In 2015,

2015年

American archaeologists were digging in western Greece,

美国考古学家在希腊西部进行挖掘

and here, far from Crete,

在这片远离克里特岛的地方

they made the most significant discovery

他们有了许多年以来

of Minoan artefacts for many, many years.

在米诺斯文明人造品上最惊人的发现

They found the grave of a warrior²

他们找到了一座战士墓

buried around the year 1450 BCE.

墓主在约公元前1450年被埋葬

Here we are in the grave

我们现在在坟墓里

to look at our body today.

看我们找到的遗体

It was the body of a Mycenaean.

这是一具迈锡尼人的遗体

Pretty amazing.

非常棒

Yet almost all the objects

但所有和遗体一起发现的物件

found with the body were clearly Minoan.

都显然来自米诺斯文明

This is our third gold ring.

这是我们找到的第三个金戒指

Four solid gold rings were eventually found in the grave.

最终从墓中发掘出四个纯金戒指

They're just exquisite³, actually.

它们真的非常精致

1 belligerence   

n.交战，好战性，斗争性

参考例句：

• He could be accused of passion,but never belligerence.可以说他很冲动，但不能说他爱挑事。
• He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago.他故态复萌，几乎又像一年前那样咄咄逼人了。

2 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

3 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。