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| 秘鲁一女木乃伊出土 复杂纹身珠宝陪葬(图) |
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An exquisitely preserved and elaborately tattooed mummy of a young woman has been discovered deep inside a mud-brick pyramid in northern Peru, archaeologists from Peru and the U.S. announced today.
The 1,500-year-old mummy may shed new light on the mysterious Moche culture, which occupied Peru's northern coastal valleys from about A.D. 100 to 800.
In addition to the heavily tattooed body, the tomb yielded a rich array of funeral objects, from gold sewing needles and weaving tools to masterfully worked metal jewelry.
Such a complete array has never been seen before in a Moche tomb. Surprisingly, the grave also contained numerous weapons, including two massive war clubs and 23 spear throwers.
The unusual mix of ornamental and military artifacts has experts speculating about the woman's identity and her role in Moche society.
"The war clubs are clear symbols not only of combat but of power," said John Verano, an anthropologist at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, who is part of the research team.
Peruvian archaeologists, under the direction of lead scientist Régulo Franco, made the discovery last year at an ancient ceremonial site known as El Brujo.
The tomb lay near the top of a crumbling pyramid called Huaca Cao Viejo, a ruin near the town of Trujillo that has been well known since colonial times. Verano said the finding is the first of its kind in Peru, and he likens it to the discovery of King Tut's tomb in Egypt.
双语探密：秘鲁一女性木乃伊出土 珠宝陪葬(图)
美国国家地理协会5月16日表示，人们在秘鲁的一处墓地发现了一具女性木乃伊，该木乃伊的手臂上还有复杂的纹身图案。
据美联社5月16日报道，这个墓地位于秘鲁北部海岸临近特雷希略市的一个名为El Brujo的考古挖掘遗址。考古学家还在木乃伊周围发现了其他陪葬品，其中包括珠宝和武器。另外，陪葬品中还包括一具十几岁女孩的遗骸。
考古学家表示，这名女性生活在莫希文明时期。公元1年至公元700年之间，莫希文明曾在该地区兴旺发展。专家们鉴定的这具木乃伊的历史可以追溯至公元450年。
这名女性的皮肤上绘有复杂的纹身图案，该图案与此前发现的截然不同，纹身图案覆盖了她两只手臂和身体的其他部分。骨骼上的斑斑痕迹说明她生前曾至少有一次生育经历。但是，考古学家对于她的死因尚不清楚。范拉诺说，死亡时，这名女性应该正值壮年时期，而有些莫希人则能够活到60岁到70岁。
随木乃伊一起被发现的金质珠宝和其他一些精制的陪葬品表明，该女子生前是一位有着重要地位的人。
但美国杜兰大学的人类学家约翰·范拉诺表示，研究人员目前还对陪葬品中的武器感到很疑惑，因为这在女性身上并不常见。
考古学家还在墓穴中发现了诸如头巾、黄金制成的珠宝和次等宝石、作战用的棍子和长矛、金质缝纫针、编织工具以及粗制的棉线。范拉诺说：“她可能是一名女性武士，或者作战用的棍子和长矛是其下葬时男性赠送的权利的象征物。”在此前发现的数千个莫希古墓中，并未出现过女性武士。
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世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。
A troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.
世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。
The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It
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