🇺🇸 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.”
If you stand in the middle of the circle at sunrise on the summer solstice, you will see the Sun come up over a stone called the heel stone to the north east of the circle. On midwinter, if standing in the centre of the circle, you would see the sun set over an altar stone to the south west of the site.
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. A number of artefacts were found at the site, including a rounded flint knife. Dating of items like this carved bone show the site is 5,000 years old. The traces of the earlier structure were found a decade ago in Bulford when the ground was cleared for new army housing. But it is only now that a detailed analysis has confirmed its significance.
🇰🇷 한국어 요약
영국에서 유명한 스톤헤ンジ에서 불과 3 마일 떨어진 곳에서 그보다 약 500 년 앞선, 더 간단하고 오래된 형태의 스톤헤ンジ가 발견되었습니다. 이는 나무 기둥 두 개가 남긴 구멍으로만 남아있지만, 여름과 겨울 동지/하지에 태양의 움직임과 정확히 일치하도록 배치되었던 것으로 밝혀졌습니다. 이곳에서 도자기와 부싯돌 도구 등 다양한 유물이 발견되어 선사 시대 사람들이 이곳에서 모임을 가졌음을 시사합니다. 발굴을 주도한 필 하딩 박사는 이 발견이 천체를 숭배하던 당시 사람들의 사고와 행동을 이해하는 데 매우 중요하다고 밝혔습니다.
🔑 핵심 단어 (Vocabulary)
- Archaeologists – 고고학자들 – Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier version.
- Prehistoric – 선사 시대의 – Archaeologists found a prehistoric monument.
- Solstices – 동지/하지 – They lined up with the Sun on the solstices.
- Artefacts – 유물 – Artefacts were found at the site.
- Excavation – 발굴 – Phil Harding led the excavation.
- Revering – 숭배하다 – They were revering the heavens.
- Construction – 구조물/건설 – It was a simple construction.
- Positioned – 배치된 – They were positioned 120m apart.
- Intriguing – 흥미로운 – He uncovered the intriguing holes.
- Housing – 주거 시설 – The ground was cleared for new army housing.
🔗 원문 링크
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyxw8550y8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss