[00:00.95]Lesson 3
[00:02.34]An unknown goddess
[00:10.64]How did the archaeologists know that the statue was a goddess?
[00:16.23]Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea.
[00:24.33]An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini.
[00:32.71]The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.
[00:38.98]Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone.
[00:44.07]They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls.
[00:48.39]The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
[00:57.46]The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times.
[01:07.15]In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found.
[01:14.21]Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted.
[01:20.18]The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the 15th century B.C.
[01:27.02]Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C.
[01:32.80]This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved.
[01:37.84]It was very old and precious even then.
[01:41.87]When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.
[01:51.07]She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips.
[01:55.76]She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground.
[01:59.95]Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.
不久之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古工作者有一项有趣的发现。一个美国考古队在阿伊亚.依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座庙宇。这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明，房子一般有3层楼高，用石块修建。里面房间很大，墙壁装饰华丽。城里甚至还敷设了排水系统，因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。
考古工作者考察的这座庙宇从公元前15世纪直到罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里发现了15尊陶雕像的碎片。每一尊雕像代表一位女神，而且一度上过色。其中有一尊雕像，她的躯体是在公元前15世纪的历史文物中发现的，而她那身异处的脑袋却碰巧是在公元前5世纪的文物中找到的。她的脑袋一定是在古希腊罗马时代就为人所发现，并受到精心的保护。却使在当时，它也属历史悠久的珍奇之物。考古工作者把这些碎片重新拼装起来后，惊奇地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。她身高3英尺，双手叉腰。身穿一条拖地长裙，尽管上了年纪，但体态确实优美。不过，考古工作者至今未能确定这位女神的身份。