Mummy of Hornedjitef + Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool
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gruesome = gloomy
brave the terror “壮胆”
perverse = (of a person or their actions) showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences.
potent (有力的，举足轻重的) artefacts （文物）
serenely = peacefully 安详地
elaborately (精心) decorate
embalm = preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative (熏香)
amulets 护身符
talismans 吉祥物
continue to give up its secrecs "透露其秘密"
excavate 挖掘
a gilded (= coveredn thinly with gold leaf or gold paint) face
flesh of gold “金身”
spontaneous life
a winged scarab beetle 金龟子
flank 侧翼
baboon 狒狒
a hazardous journey
constellations of stars 星座
miniature 微型 cosmos
have commissioned 定做 his own time machine
Paradoxically, his meticulous 细致的 preparation for the future now allows us to travel in the opposite direction, back to him and his world
linen wrappings 亚麻包装
non-invasive 无创
resin 树脂
little charms "咒语?"
arthritis 关节炎
quintessentially = typical
tarry bitumen 沥青
artistry 艺术性
antiquities = artefacts
obelisks 方尖碑
sprinkle 洒 all over the world
growing understanding of the global past - our common heritage
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archbishop 大主教
preach 传道
trawl ("捕捞") the Bible totting up (总结) the lifespans of everyone descended from (以来) Adem and Eve
curator 馆长/ 策展人
the chronology of human history 人类历史年表
cleft 裂口
flat savannah “平坦无垠”的大草原
butchering tools "ace butchery"
strip 剥，扒 meat
dynamite 炸药
palm of hand 手掌
bulge 凸起
sensation 感觉
laboriously 费力地
flake 薄片
strike 剥 meat off a carcass 尸体
with one blow “吹灰之力”
marrow 骨髓
versatile 多才多艺的
Lots of animals, particularly apes, use objects; but what sets us apart from them is that we make tools before we need them, and once we have used them we keep them to use again,
the protein jackpot 头奖
The brain is an extremely power-hungry mechanism. Although it accounts for only 2 per cent of our body weight, it consumes 20 per cent of our entire energy intake, and it requires constant nourishment.
set in train an ancient virtuous circle "步入正轨"
cunning 狡猾的
grip (=grasp) with a whole range of different functions
hemisphere (=semi...)
diaspora 散居
We all have Africa in our DNA and all our culture began there.
What differentiates us is usually very superficial
We are all from the same stems, the same origin
We will shed (摆脱) a lot of the prejudices that we have harboured in the past
rival tribes and competing civilizations
It is good, in fact, it's essential, to be reminded that the idea of our common humanity is not just an Enlightment dream, but a genetic and cultural reality.
