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Archaeologists searching for a lost city in the jungles of Honduras have discovered the urban remains of what they believe is a vanished ancient civilization, National Geographic reports. |
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在宏都拉斯的叢林裡找尋一座失落城市的考古學家發現了城市遺跡，他們認為那是個消失的古文明，《國家地理雜誌》報導指出。 |
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A writer and photographer for the magazine accompanied a team of scientists to Honduras' Mosquitia region on the trail of a legendary "White City," or "City of the Monkey God." |
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該雜誌的一位作者暨攝影師陪同科學家團隊前往宏都拉斯的莫斯基蒂亞地區，探尋一座傳說中的「白城」，又稱「猴神城」。 |
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The expedition was launched after aerial light detection scanning -- known as LIDAR -- uncovered what appeared to be man-made structures below the rain forest, National Geographic said. |
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這支探險隊出發之前，以空中光探測掃描技術──稱為「光學雷達」──在雨林底下發現了似乎是人造建物的蹤跡，《國家地理雜誌》指出。 |
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Seeking to confirm the discovery, a team of U.S. and Honduran archaeologists, a LIDAR engineer, an ethnobotanist, anthropologists and documentary filmmakers entered the remote region. |
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They were protected by Honduran Special Forces, the magazine said. |
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為了確認這項發現，一群美國與宏都拉斯的考古學家、一名光學雷達工程師、一名民族植物學家、數名人類學家與紀錄片拍攝人員共同進入那個偏遠地區。他們受到宏都拉斯的特種部隊保護，雜誌指出。 |
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Writer Douglas Preston said the team emerged February 25, after documenting the ruins of a "vanished culture." |
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作家道格拉斯．普雷斯頓表示，該團隊記錄了一個「消失的文化」所殘留下來的遺跡之後，已在二月二十五日現身。 |
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"In contrast to the nearby Maya, this vanished culture has been scarcely studied and it remains virtually unknown. |
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Archaeologists don't even have a name for it," Preston wrote. |
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Archaeologists no longer believed in the existence of a single "White City," he said, instead believing there had been an entire civilization with many cities. |
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「相對於鄰近的馬雅，這個消失的文化幾乎沒被研究過，也仍然幾乎無人所知。考古學家甚至還沒有為這個文化命名，」普雷斯頓寫道。他指出，考古學家已不再認為那裡只存在過單獨一座「白城」，而是曾經有過一整個文明，其中有許多座城市。 |
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The expedition found earthworks, including an earthen pyramid as well as a collection of stone sculptures, thought to potentially have been burial offerings. |
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探險隊發現了土方工程，包括一座土構金字塔，還有一組石雕，據認為可能是陪葬品。 |
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Archaeologist Oscar Neil Cruz from the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History estimated they dated from A.D. 1000 to 1400. |
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宏都拉斯人類學與歷史研究院的考古學家奧斯卡．尼爾．克魯茲估計那些物品的年代在西元一千至一千四百年間。 |
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