Inverted pyramid found hidden under the Mausoleum of Qinshih

时间：2007-07-26 06:29:12

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Chinanews, Beijing, July 26 - According to Duan Qingbo, the leader of the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Exploring Team, several piles of slates1 were found above the earth seal on the entrance to the tomb, which might be the traces of buildings that used to stand there.

 

The tomb, built 2,227 years ago, is located at Lishan Mountain, 30 kilometers to the east of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.

 

History says that it took 700 thousand workers 12 years to build the magnificent tomb. When the project was completed, all the workers were slaughtered2 to keep the secret of the tomb safe.

 

Archeologists find that there is a huge structure built under the mountain, with the shape of an inverted3 pyramid. The side of the square bottom of the pyramid is 5 meters, and the top of the pyramid is located 115 m deep underground.

 

What surprises archeologists is that the ground part of the tomb, which was thought to be a hill, might have been built by workers at that time. If this is true, the ground part of the Qinshihuang Mausoleum will be the biggest pyramid-like building in the world, even bigger than the Great Pyramid of Pharao Khufu.

 

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1 slates ba298a474e572b7bb22ea6b59e127028     
（旧时学生用以写字的）石板( slate的名词复数 )； 板岩； 石板瓦； 石板色
参考例句：
  • The contract specifies red tiles, not slates, for the roof. 合同规定屋顶用红瓦，并非石板瓦。
  • They roofed the house with slates. 他们用石板瓦做屋顶。
2 slaughtered 59ed88f0d23c16f58790fb11c4a5055d     
v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 inverted 184401f335d6b8661e04dfea47b9dcd5     
adj.反向的，倒转的v.使倒置，使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
  • Inverted flight is an acrobatic manoeuvre of the plane. 倒飞是飞机的一种特技动作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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