by Marcus Maurice
Archeologists are issuing warnings about the tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
考古學家正發出關於埃及帝王谷陵墓的警訊。
In 1922, Howard Carter
was finishing up his final season of
digging around the Valley of the Kings
when one of his workers found what looked like a simple step. Since he had already spent five years with very little to show for his work, Carter wasn't
overly excited about the discovery. _(1)_ Unlike almost everything else in the Valley of the Kings, the boy-king's tomb hadn't been
pilfered by robbers over the years.
Using his
meticulous methods, Carter took eight years to
empty the tomb. _(2)_ This discovery
led to a
renewed interest in Egypt and Egyptian
artifacts. Tourists and history
buffs alike have made the
pilgrimage to the Valley of the Kings to
soak in the ancient history. But now, there is a big problem. _(3)_
Every day, several thousand tourists
swarm the royal tombs in Luxor, Egypt. _(4)_ The SCA has recently
taken steps to protect the tombs. These include
installing new
ventilation systems,
restricting access to some tombs, and even closing others. _(5)_ While it's great to be actually inside these ancient structures,
it's even more
important that they should be kept
intact so that future generations can study and learn from them.
(A) In the end, the
treasure trove of objects he found in the tomb was unlike anything ever seen before.
(B) What's more, the tombs of Tutankhamun, Nefertiti, and Seti I, will soon be
replaced with
identical replicas.
(C) The secretary general of the
Supreme Council of
Antiquities (SCA), Zahi Hawass, says that unless
tourism in the Valley of the Kings is stopped, the tombs will
disappear within 150 to 500 years.
(D) However, the finding
turned out to be the greatest
discovery in
ancient Egypt—King Tutankhamun's
undisturbed tomb.
(E) With them, they bring
fungi and
humidity that
eat away at walls,
carvings, and painted
decorations inside the tombs.
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