Who Was King Tut 图坦卡蒙法老 Chapter 10 Gold Everywhere

When the stone door was opened, what lay beyond was a path full of rocks and pebbles¹. At the end was another door. Howard Carter knocked a hole in it. When he looked through, he held up a flickering² candle in the darkness.
What did he see?
Here is how he described “the day of days, the most wonderful I have ever lived through”:
“At first I could see nothing . . . but presently, as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues and gold—everywhere the glint of gold. . . . I was struck dumb with amazement³.”
Lord Carnarvon was there with his daughter. So was a friend of Carter’s. They all were in the dark corridor. Lord Carnarvon called to Howard Carter, “Can you see anything?”
Howard Carter said, “Yes, wonderful things.”
Howard Carter’s dream had come true. He had found exactly what he was looking for: the tomb of King Tut.
What were some of the wonderful things he first saw?
There were two overturned chariots. A throne. Three big couches whose sides were carved in the shape of beasts. A bed with a linen⁴ mattress⁵. There were life-size statues of kings. Things were piled every which way. Vases and staffs of different shapes and sizes. One box was for the king’s shaving equipment. Other boxes contained meat for Tut to eat.
And to the right of the jumble⁶ of treasure, Howard Carter saw another door. What did that mean? There were more rooms! There was more treasure!
This first room was the antechamber. The following day, Carter and Carnarvon and Carnarvon’s daughter returned. They came with electric lamps this time. They wanted to get a better look around.
There was a hole in one wall. Peering through it, Carter could see into another room. It became known as the Annex⁸. There was far more stuff in the Annex than in the antechamber. Smaller things like vases and game boards. And everything had been thrown about, all over the floor. Howard Carter realized that, long ago, robbers had definitely found their way in. But there was no way to tell what had been taken.
All told there were four rooms in the tomb. This is how they were laid out:
Another small room was called the Treasury⁹. Among the things inside was the chest that contained jars with Tut’s internal organs and the two small coffins¹⁰ with baby mummies. The most important room of all was the Burial Chamber⁷. This was where Tut’s mummy had been placed. But no one knew if the robbers had broken into the Burial Chamber, too.

1 pebbles   

[复数]鹅卵石； 沙砾； 卵石，小圆石( pebble的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The pebbles of the drive crunched under his feet. 汽车道上的小石子在他脚底下喀嚓作响。
• Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage. 在罐子里铺一层鹅卵石，以确保排水良好。

2 flickering   

adj.闪烁的，摇曳的，一闪一闪的

参考例句：

• The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
• The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。

3 amazement   

n.惊奇，惊讶

参考例句：

• All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
• He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。

4 linen   

n.亚麻布，亚麻线，亚麻制品；adj.亚麻布制的，亚麻的

参考例句：

• The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
• Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。

5 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

6 jumble   

vt.使混乱，混杂；n.混乱；杂乱的一堆

参考例句：

• Even the furniture remained the same jumble that it had always been.甚至家具还是象过去一样杂乱无章。
• The things in the drawer were all in a jumble.抽屉里的东西很杂乱。

7 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

8 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。

9 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

10 coffins   

n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 )；使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物

参考例句：

• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里，捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白