以色列出土一萬年前的房子

2）Archaeologists have discovered the 3）remains of an ancient settlement which could be as much as 10，000 years old. The site was accidentally discovered in lowland in south-central Israel during works to widen a motorway.

Amir Golani （Archaeologist）： People lived here over 5，000 years ago， not only in this building but in many， many buildings next to them， and all these buildings form a complete plan. In this plan， we see the beginnings of how society moved from being a village-centred society to an urbancentred society.

A m o n g t h e discovery， a rare 4）cluster of axes and a stone column， which archaeologists believe could be part of a temple.

Amir： And so here at Eshtaol we have found several buildings， and amongst them we found a very interesting and large stone， a very large stone， I would say， worked on all six sides， like a 5）domino standing upright. As a standing stone， this stone， we believe， served a 6）cultic function. And we believe during the 7）Chalcolithic Period， which is 4，500 to 3，800 BCE， there apparently was a cultic centre here， and/or a temple.

Officials say the discoveries provide a broad picture of human development over thousands of years.

考古學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)了一座距今約一萬年之久的古代聚居地遺址。這一處遺址是在拓寬以色列中南部一處低地的高速公路時意外發(fā)現(xiàn)的。

阿米爾·格蘭尼（考古學(xué)家）：五千多年前人們就居住于此，他們住在這棟建筑物和許多相鄰的建筑內(nèi)，所有這些建筑物構(gòu)成了一幅完整的平面圖。從這一個平面圖，我們能夠看出社會由以村莊為中心到以城市為中心的最初發(fā)展過程。

在這些發(fā)現(xiàn)當(dāng)中，有一堆罕見的斧頭和一根石柱，考古學(xué)家認(rèn)為這極有可能是一座廟宇的一部分。

阿米爾：在以實陶這兒，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了幾座建筑，并在這些建筑當(dāng)中發(fā)現(xiàn)一塊有趣的大石頭，一塊很大的石頭，在我看來，它六個面都打磨過，像一塊直立的骨牌。這塊立著的石頭，我們認(rèn)為它是用于宗教的。我們還認(rèn)為紅銅時代期間，也就是公元前4500至3800年間，這里顯然是一個宗教中心， 并且/或者是一座廟宇。

官方人士稱這一發(fā)現(xiàn)給幾千年來人類發(fā)展史提供了一幅廣闊的畫卷。