PBS高端访谈:古代遗址和油气管道的争夺（在线收听）

HARI SREENIVASAN: Off the coast of northern Israel, archaeologists have found ancient relics in the seabed where a gas pipeline is being built. But tapping into the undersea natural gas field known as leviathan is not without controversy. Environmentalists and local residents worry thousands of years of treasures may be lost during the undersea construction project. NewsHour Weekend Correspondent Megan Thompson has the story.

MEGAN THOMPSON: In the waters off the coast of northern Israel near the ancient port city of Dor, a team of divers has discovered earthenware jugs, anchors and the remains of wrecked ships; some dating to the time of Phoenician and Roman sea trade. The marine archaeology unit of the Israel antiquities authority is working with the pipeline's developer which financed most of the research and recovery.

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BINYAMIN ZOMER, NOBLE ENERGY: We work very closely with the antiquities authority here in Israel to make sure that should we discover such finds we first of all avoid causing harm to those areas.

MEGAN THOMPSON: Noble Energy says its project will not harm the environment. But some local environmentalists and residents oppose the planned offshore platform and pipeline and worry about what other treasures may be lost.

KURT RAVEH, RESIDENT AND MARINE ARCHAEOLOGIST: There is no way that you can check all the hundreds of kilometers of pipeline. We know only that for a thousand years, 5,000 years, shipwrecks are laying out here. Here in the site of a football field we found already 28, so who knows how many more under this region.

MEGAN THOMPSON: Protesters near the popular coastal area continue to object to the gas pipeline which is Israel's largest energy project.

KURT RAVEH, RESIDENT AND MARINE ARCHAEOLOGIST: It's crazy that with the wind going this direction and the current going this direction that you put the petro-chemical industry 400 meters from hotel region, resort area, from the most beautiful preserved beach that you have in the country.

哈里斯·瑞尼瓦桑：在以色列北部的海岸，考古学家在和床上发现了古代遗物，那里有一条人类建造的燃气管道。但关于开发海底天然气（又称海中怪兽）这件事儿是有争议的。环境学家和当地居民担心上千年的宝藏可能会在海底建筑计划实施的过程中丢失。下面请听《新闻一小时》的周末记者梅根·汤普森发回的报道。

梅根·汤普森：以色列北部海岸的海域上有一个离古代港口城市Dor很近的地方。在这里，一组潜水员发现了陶器罐、锚、失事船舶的残骸。其中有一些要追溯到腓尼基人与罗马人进行海上贸易的时代了。负责保护以色列古物的当局有一个海洋考古部门，这个部门跟管道的开发商合作，开发商为这项工作的研究和修复提供大部分资金支持。

本雅明·祖玛，诺贝尔能源公司员工：我们跟以色列的古物保护当局进行了十分紧密的合作，以确保一旦我们有所发现，我们首先一定会竭力避免给相应地区造成伤害。

梅根·汤普森：诺贝尔能源表示，其项目不会损坏环境。但一些当地的环境学家和居民反对建造海上平台和管道的计划，他们担心其他宝物会丢失。

库尔特·瑞维，当地居民、海洋考古学家：检验数百公里的管道是不可能的了。我们只知道，1000多年来，甚至5000年来，失事船舶的残骸一直都躺在海底。现在在足球场上，我们已经发现28个了，所以谁知道到还会有多少呢。

梅根·汤普森：这个知名海岸附近的抗议者依然反对开发燃气管道一事，虽然这是以色列最大的能源项目。

库尔特·瑞维，当地居民、海洋考古学家：这样就太疯狂了，因为这个方向的风和现在这个方向刮着的风让石油化工离酒店区域只有400米，离以色列最美、最宝贝的海滩也只有400米。