🇺🇸 영어 원문
Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier, much simpler version of Stonehenge about 3 miles (5km) away from the prehistoric monument.
All that remains of the older structure is two holes in the ground, but the team says they held wooden posts that lined up with the Sun on the summer and winter solstices – the longest and shortest days of the year – in the same way as Stonehenge.
The site has been dated to about 5,000 years old, which predates Stonehenge by 500 years.
Artefacts were also found at the site, including pottery, flint tools and animal bone, suggesting prehistoric people held gatherings there.
Phil Harding, from Wessex Archaeology, who led the excavation, said it was one of the best finds of his long career.
"Two post pits tell me [much] more about the people 5,000 years ago," he said. "This tells me about the whole community, this tells me about how they were thinking, how they were behaving, how they were revering the heavens."
The structure, discovered in the village of Bulford, was a much more simple construction made up of just two wooden posts, which have long since rotted away.
They were positioned 120m (394ft) apart and estimated to be between 2m and 4m high.
When Harding uncovered the intriguing holes, he noticed that they seemed to line up with the Sun, just like Stonehenge located a few miles away.
"I got my pencil and ruler, and I joined them up, and I was aware that they were kind of pointing in the general direction of the sunrise on midsummer," he said.
🇰🇷 한국어 요약
영국에서 스톤헨지보다 500 년 더 오래된 유적이 발견되었습니다. 스톤헨지에서 약 5km 떨어진 곳으로, 나무 기둥 두 개가 남았을 뿐이지만, 이 기둥들이 여름과 겨울 solstice(동지/하지) 때 해의 움직임과 정확히 일치한다는 것이 확인되었습니다. 고고학자들은 이 발견이 5,000 년 전 사람들이 어떻게 생활하고 천체를 숭배했는지 이해하는 데 큰 도움이 된다고 말합니다.
🔑 핵심 단어 (Vocabulary)
- Archaeologists – 고고학자들 – Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier version.
- Monument – 기념물, 유적 – …away from the prehistoric monument.
- Solstices – 동지/하지 (지구의 자전축 기울기 때문에 생기는 현상) – …lined up with the Sun on the summer and winter solstices.
- Prehistoric – 선사 시대의 – …suggesting prehistoric people held gatherings there.
- Excavation – 발굴 – …who led the excavation, said it was one of the best finds.
- Artefacts – 유물 – Artefacts were also found at the site, including pottery.
- Structure – 구조물 – The structure, discovered in the village of Bulford, was a much more simple construction.
- Align – 정렬되다, 나란히 하다 – …they seemed to line up with the Sun.
- Revering – 숭배하다, 경배하다 – …how they were revering the heavens.
- Position – 위치하다, 배치하다 – They were positioned 120m apart.
🔗 원문 링크
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyxw8550y8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss