遗失的法老城市12

　　When they unearthed¹ the floor of the buildings within which the objects had been found, they discovered another surprise.
We found a special set of stones, consisting of a tethering stone up front here then an opening in the ground surrounded by limestone², now the sites of allthis is in such a way that a horse of that time, a male horse would be tethered to those 2 stones that it would be urinating directly into these openings,giving us the possibility to say that we do have horse toilets. And a later archaeological experiment shows this and proves this we took mules⁴ which haveabout the same size as the horses in ancient times and one of this mule³ did us the favor of urinating directly into the openings.
Six rows of ten rooms each and in each room several positions to tether horses. It meant the complex must once have been home to at least 460 horses.
Stabling on such a large scale could only mean some kind of military complex. Horses were the mainstay of a Pharaoh’s army and the sites certainly dated tothe time of Ramesses the Great. But stables were not unique to Piramesse. It was the continued discovery of hundreds more of the mystery objects, some ofthem completely intact⁵ that finally proved the most significant.
Only by chance we found out what these objects were, I was going through the Cairo Museum and I suddenly saw that there are knobs⁶ like this immediatelyconnected with the yoke⁷ of the stave chariots of tuteharmon. Thousands of these stone knobs would have held together the harnesses of Ramesses the Great'smany more chariots. When combined with a number of horses stabled here, this could only amount to one thing, has ancient texts spoken of Piramesse as havinga large chariot garrison⁸, it was exactly the size of a complex you'd expect to find of the lost site of Ramesses the Second's capital city.

1 unearthed   

出土的（考古）

参考例句：

• Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

2 limestone   

n.石灰石

参考例句：

• Limestone is often used in building construction.石灰岩常用于建筑。
• Cement is made from limestone.水泥是由石灰石制成的。

3 mule   

n.骡子，杂种，执拗的人

参考例句：

• A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.骡子是母马和公驴的杂交后代。
• He is an old mule.他是个老顽固。

4 mules   

骡( mule的名词复数 )； 拖鞋； 顽固的人； 越境运毒者

参考例句：

• The cart was pulled by two mules. 两匹骡子拉这辆大车。
• She wore tight trousers and high-heeled mules. 她穿紧身裤和拖鞋式高跟鞋。

5 intact   

adj.完整无缺的，未经触动的，未受损伤的

参考例句：

• The glasses remained intact after being dropped.眼镜坠地后依然完好无损。
• He can scarcely survive this scandal with his reputation intact.他经此丑闻名誉很难不受损。

6 knobs   

小块( knob的名词复数 )； （收音机等的）旋钮； （门、抽屉的）球形把手； 疙瘩

参考例句：

• There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house. 我家所有门上都安有夜光把手。
• We have replaced the knobs on all the doors. 我们将门上所有的把手都换了。

7 yoke   

n.轭；支配；v.给...上轭，连接，使成配偶

参考例句：

• An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
• The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。

8 garrison   

n.卫戍部队；驻地，卫戍区；vt.派(兵)驻防

参考例句：

• The troops came to the relief of the besieged garrison.军队来援救被围的守备军。
• The German was moving to stiffen up the garrison in Sicily.德军正在加强西西里守军之力量。