纪录片《大英博物馆世界简史》 047萨顿胡头盔(1)（在线收听）

047：EPISODE 47 -Sutton Hoo helmet萨顿胡头盔

Sutton Hoo helmet (made seventh century AD) found in Suffolk, England

Yesterday we were in the heat of Arabia, tracking the rise of the Islamic Empire and the reshaping of Middle Eastern politics after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.

上一节里我们置身炎热的阿拉伯，目睹了先知穆罕默德死后伊斯兰帝国的兴起及中东政治的重塑。

Today, we're still in the seventh century, but I'm shivering in the chill of East Anglia, at a place where, in the summer of 1939, poetry and archaeology unexpectedly intersected and transformed our understanding of British national identity.

这一节的物品则将我们带到寒冷的东安格利亚，在这里，七十多年前，诗歌与考古曾神奇地交叠，改变了我们对英国国家认同的理解。

All the hundred objects in this series are, I hope, evocative of distant worlds, but some, like today's object, possess an almost magical power to carry us into the past.

本系列节目的百件物品当中,我希望能够唤醒对于遥远世界的记忆,但有些,比如即将为你呈现的这一件，拥有着几乎能带我们回到过去的魔力。

It's a helmet. Its discovery was part of one of the great archaeological finds of modern times, and it speaks to us across the centuries with a haunting intensity.

这是一件头盔。是现代考古最重要的发现之一。它向我们讲述着千百年前一个位于北海的世界，讲述了诗歌与战争。