字幕修整，合并：罗永强
I'm almost four months into my quest 追寻八十宝藏之旅
to find 80 of the world's greatest man-made treasures. 已来到接近第四个月
I'm now in Africa. 我来到非洲
The most beguiling and enchanting of continents. 一个最令人着迷的大陆
Here, I'm looking for ancient traditions which are alive and well. 我要寻找仍然存活的古老传统
I'm going to see works of art with a raw and elemental beauty. 一睹拥有自然和原始之美的工艺
And a lost Roman city on the coast of Libya. 并到利比亚岸边，寻找失落的罗马城
I'll grapple with the mysteries of perhaps 我将会揭示史上
the greatest civilisation the world has ever known. 最伟大文明的奥秘
So far, I've travelled through the Americas, Australia, 至今，我走遍美国，澳洲
Asia and the middle east. 亚洲和中东
From Ethiopia I've just flown across the continent 我离开埃塞俄比亚，飞越大陆
to the very heart of Africa. 来到非洲心脏地带
I'm in Mali, west Africa, 我身处西非马利
where seven hundred years ago or so, 那是大概七百年以前
different worlds met and the link came through trade, 世界各国经商的交汇点
much of it river-borne, 而当中大部份采用的都是水路
in boats and craft like this. 例如这一种小船
From the north came architecture, ideas, lslam, 北方带来了建筑，思想，伊斯兰教
as well as products such as salt and silk. 同时亦带来了货物，例如盐和丝绸
And from the south and from around here, 而南面这附近地区
can gold, ivory. 则提供黄金和象牙
By the 1 3th century, 公元十三世纪
Mali had become a mighty trading empire 马利是一个庞大的商业帝国
which extended across west Africa as far as the Atlantic coast. 势力横跨西非至大西洋
To find my first treasure 为了寻找第一件宝物
I've come to Djenne. 我来到杰内
This is the oldest known city in this part of Africa. 这是非洲西部最古老的城市
Inhabited since 250 B.C., 公元前250年，开始有人居住
it went on to become one of the most 更成为帝国中
vibrant and prosperous in the empire. 最充满生机和繁荣的都市
It was also a centre of lslamic learning and pilgrimage. 它亦是伊斯兰学说和朝圣中心
What's most astonishing about Djenne 最令人惊讶的是杰内所有建筑物
is that all the buildings are made of mud, glorious mud. 都是以上好的泥建造
This ancient and noble building tradition 这古老和壮丽的建筑传统
has been passed down the generations from father to son. 一直以薪火相传的方式流传下去
This house is being repaired 这座大宅正进行维修
and we can get an idea how the mud building system works. 我们可从中窥探建筑物的奥秘
Here are the sun-dried bricks. 这些是已被太阳晒干的砖头
And these are protected with a layer of mud render, 外围由一层泥保护着
which is renewed every year after the rainy season. And we can - 每年雨季之后都会重新涂上
- see this mud render going on now. 而我们面前正是这些泥土
But I say mud, but like the bricks in - 虽然我说是泥，但其实它与砖头相同
- fact it's a special clay mixed with some straw and um - 是一种特别的泥土，混合了稻草
- oh, cow dung. 还有牛粪
Excellent stuff actually. 是上佳的材料
Very strong, very resilient 的确很札实，很有弹力
and very beautifully gooey and um - yeah, beautifully smelly. 很粘手，同时亦有点难闻
Let's have a go. 让我试试看吧
Put this on. My contribution. 将它涂上，我都有贡献里
Must do this correctly. 一定要做得好
So what is my treasure? 我的宝物究竟在哪里？
Well, it's the miracle of Djenne. 它是杰内的奇迹
It is quite simply the largest mud building in the world. 是世上最巨型的泥造建筑物
There's been a mosque on this site 自十三世纪末
since the late 13th century, 这里就有一间清真寺
though this mosque - was only completed in 1 907. 但这所寺院要到1907年才告完工
It may look pretty humble 以建筑角度而言
as a construction 它的外表可能是粗糙了一点
but it's incredibly sophisticated. 但所牵涉的学问却相当复杂
I mean, the mud bricks are very appropriate for the climate - 这种泥砖极之适合当地气候
- and also these lovely sort of posts that stick out, 还有这些竖出来的柱子
those sort of stabilise the structure in the extreme climate. 于极端环境下，负责支撑整座建筑
But also - they act as a permanent scaffolding, 同时，它们亦等同脚手架
to allow people to hang off - 让人们进行定期维修时
- the building to carry out this very necessary and regular maintenance. 用作扶手上落之用
Wow! Amazingly thick, earthen wall. 是相当札实的土制墙壁
Three feet or so. 有三尺厚左右
All to do of course with controlling the temperature. 大概是用来控制温度
The wall absorbs the heat of the day, the sun. 日间时，让墙壁吸取阳光
Incredible this to be inside. 能置身其中实在妙极
There are these huge piers which hold the roof up, 这些巨柱用以支撑天花板
the light's flooding in, 阳光渗入
so we have this wonderful sense of an organic, 让我们感受到一种…
elemental building, these abstract forms. 置身有机原始建筑的抽象感觉
Lovely details, these pointed - 很细致
- arches rising and being supported by the great, almost natural forms of the er, piers. 尖细拱顶由几近天然的柱子支撑
There are people sitting round, praying, reading the Koran. 有人会坐下来祈祷，或朗读可兰经
Fantastic atmosphere. 妙不可言的气氛
I say a place of meditation and communion with God. 是一个沉思，与神交流的好地方
It's er, five o'clock, 现在是五时
towards the end of a very hot day, 外面虽然炎热得很
but inside here - it's cool. 但屋内却渗着凉风
So how does this work? 究竟原因何在？
The answer is a very ingenious ventilation system. 就是巧妙的通风系统
And er, this is how the ventilation system works. 这就是通风系统的关键
The thick walls of the mosque absorb the heat during the day, 清真寺的厚墙吸收了日间的热气
the earthen walls, and at night they release heat. 至晚上，土制墙壁才将热气释放
So in the evening 所以到夜间
these ceramic tops are taken off these ventilation holes - 就会有人将通风孔的陶制盖子揭开
- and the heat rises and keeps the interior cool. 热气就会上升，令室内保持凉快
There are, on the roof, a hundred and four of them. 屋顶上，有104个这类通风孔
And here in front of me are three towers, 我面前有三栋建筑物
they're minarets really - 它们是清真寺尖塔
- and on the top is an ostrich egg. 塔顶上摆放了驼鸟蛋
Lovely, can you see it? 很有趣，看到吗？
And these ostrich eggs represent fertility, 驼鸟蛋代表着繁殖能力
sitting on top of a minaret, which is quite obviously rather phallic. 而将它放在貌似阴茎的塔顶上
So we have the male and the female combined. 就有雌雄合一的意思
It's built and designed by people 这座建筑物由人建造和设计
who've put their heart and soul into the building. It's - 建筑师定为它注入了不少心血
- an amazingly powerful creation. 它绝对是惊人的建筑物
It is, in its way, as great as any of the great buildings of the world. 能与世上任何伟大建筑媲美
This is the largest mud-built mosque in the world - 它更是世上最巨型的泥造清真寺
- and looking at it now with the sun setting behind the minarets, 看着太阳从尖塔后面落下
it is almost overwhelming. 将周围完全征服
Next I'll be driving west, 下一站我会离开杰内的伊斯兰世界
Ieaving behind the lslamic world of Djenne. 向西边出发
I'm going back further in time to an even older tradition. 我会穿越时空，去到更远古的地方
My destination is a remote region of Bandiagara. 我的目的地是偏远的邦地格拉
For centuries this has been the land of the Dogon people. 几百年来，多贡人以此处为家
Until the 1 930's 多贡族是至三十年代
one of Africa's most isolated tribes. 非洲最孤立的部族之一
Dogon is one of the few tribes to have clung to 多贡族是少数仍坚持以传统方式生活
its traditional way of life and ancient beliefs. 和忠于远古信仰的民族
At the centre of Dogon religion 多贡信仰中
is a fantastical account of the creation of the universe. 提到惊人的宇宙创造论
According to - Dogon beliefs 根据多贡信仰
there's one god, Ama, who lives in heaven 天堂上，有一个名为艾玛的神祗
and one day Ama took a great ball of clay 一天，祂拿着一个以泥制成的圆球
and threw it down 并将它掷下
and it spun and it formed a square, 圆球转动起来，形成一个正方形
each corner marking the cardinal points. 每个角落都画上重要的点
And the square formed itself gradually into the body of a woman. 后来正方形慢慢化成女人的的躯体
Mother Earth. 她就是地球之母
Central to the Dogon religion has been the rite of circumcision. 多贡信仰有割礼的仪式
The government of Mali now discourages female circumcision, 虽然马利政府并不鼓励女性进行割礼
but the male ritual is still practised 但男性割礼仍然存在
and has inspired some of the finest Dogon art. 更为多贡工艺品带来灵感
The circumcision ceremony takes place here, 割礼仪式就在这里
in front of, indeed below these incredible - paintings. 于这些美丽的油画前进行
Some people say these date from the 1 3th century. 有人认为油画可追溯至十三世纪
Certainly though, they are refreshed on a regular basis 但它们还是会定期更新的
because the ceremony takes place every three years. 因为仪式每三年就会举行一次
So the boys, aged about ten, 年介十岁的男孩
walk the route I've just walked 会走过我刚才经过的道路
and sit here in a circle, 然后围圈坐下
the surgeon on this stone, 医生坐在这块石头
the young fellow over there. 男孩则在那一边
The boys are up here for about a month 男孩会在这里逗留一个月
during this initiation into adulthood, into manhood 在这段进入成年人和男人的期间
and during that time they're told stories of their ancestors, of their gods 他们会听有关祖先又或是神灵的故事
and they make or indeed repaint - 而我面前的这些油画
- these er, these images in front of me. 大概就是他们绘画或重画的画作
They are an amazing collection. 这绝对是不可多得的收藏品
Many are tribal images. 它们大多是有关部族的图像
Little medicine bags containing 有小巧的药袋
sort of talismans and um, potent things. 里面摆放着护身符和药物之类
And the most spectacular is a snake
and that's Lebaye 它是列柏伊
one of the great ancestor spirits. 是当地伟大的祖先灵体之一
The ancestor responsible for creation of the Earth, 祖先负责创造地球
for crops and for plenty and there, 并供给农作物和一切所需
this great serpent writhing and twisting on the rock. 而这条伟大的毒蛇，正在石上蠕动
This art is fantastic. 这种艺术品真妙
It has to do with the origins of art. 它代表了艺术的源头
It's art without ego. 是没有自我意识的艺术
It's not self-serving. It's art - 讲求的并非自我服务
- which deals with the real things of life. 是切实与生命有关的艺术
With religious beliefs, with the continuity of the community. 涉及宗教信仰和社会的延续
One could call these naive, 有人说这是幼稚
they're not naive of course, 但我认为他们并非幼稚
they're simple, they're powerful. 是简单，是强而有力才对
They're painted - with love, 因为他们的油画渗着爱
with feeling, with commitment. 渗着感觉，渗着献身
They are really - very, very moving images. 这些全都是触动人心的图像
I'm fascinated by the myths and legends of the Dogon, 我被多贡神话和传说深深吸引
so I head for the village of Sango, 因此我决定前往山贡镇
to seek out a powerful work of art. 寻找一件有大能的艺术品
The symbol of Africa. 亦即非洲的象征
Everywhere you look there are sacred images carved on the doors, 这里周围的大门，窗户
the windows and the walls of houses and granaries. 住宅和粮仓外墙，都刻有神圣图案
These are clues which will lead me to my next treasure. 它们都是引领我去下一个宝藏的提示
Ah! Now an image that's very familiar. 呀！这个图形很眼熟
This rather abstract image here, 是以一条直线
two horizontal bars connected by a vertical. 串连两条横线的抽象图案
This represents the heavens, 这代表了天堂
the great male creator, Ama, 是伟大的男性创造者艾玛
and this pointing down, the Earth, 而这向下垂的是地球
this being the bridge between the two worlds. 这则是串联两个世界的桥梁
And um, all around this little town are creations of this quality, 围绕整个小镇都是类似的图
which tell ancient and powerful stories 记载着远古神明故事
so central to the life of the Dogon people. 对多贡人有着相当重要的地位
But all of this is not just part of some dead, dusty myth, 但这并非单单的过气神话
because there's one event, 因为多贡世界中
the most important event in the Dogon world 最重要的一个节目
that brings all these images to life. 会将所有这些图像活现过来
That makes them part of our modern world. 那更影响到我们的现代世界
This dance is a bridge 这种舞蹈是死人
between the world of the dead and the world of the living. 与活人世界之间的桥梁
Most importantly it allows the Dogon people 最重要的是它让多贡人
to communicate with their ancestors. 与他们的祖先沟通
My treasure is the key to the dance 而我的宝物就是这项舞蹈的钥匙
and opens the door to the realm of the spirits. 它为大众打开通往灵体世界的大门
These Dogon masks aren't symbolic or representative, 这些多贡面具并无象征意义
they contain the life force that they show. 但却包含外在的生命力
During the dance they are alive. 并透过舞蹈取得生命
The dancers and the mask are one being. 舞蹈员与面具化为一体
These masks are sacred objects, 面具是神圣之物
too powerful for ordinary mortals to - 因此普通凡人都不能触碰
to hold or even to know where they're kept. 甚或知道它们的收藏之处
That chap I know - I recognise that mask. 我认得那伙子戴着的面具
That's heaven and Earth isn't it, 那个刻有十字图样的
the one with the cross bars? 就是天堂与地狱，对不？
And these are the same. 他们戴着的都是一样的
Yeah, these are the same. 对，全都是一样的
This is called the Kanagan mask and - represents the spirit of man. 它名为卡那瓦面具，代表着人的灵魂
Spirit of man? 人的灵魂吗？
Yeah, yeah, yeah, man. 对，对，对，是人的灵魂
And these chaps are fantastic. 他们所有人都很棒
This mask represent levels of knowledge. 这个面具代表知识水平
- Levels of knowledge. - Knowledge, yes. 代表知识水平 对，是知识水平
Of course. 明白
And this is the spiritual animal here, this is - 这个则是动物灵魂，是…
It's called lan. 名叫伊安
That's lna, lna. 是伊勒，伊勒
And the last are females, aren't they, 最后的是女性，是吗？
they have breasts. 他们有胸部的
They have breasts these chaps, pulling and pushing one another over. 这班家伙戴着胸部，一个接一个
Pushing one another over. 一个推着一个
Females riding high - above the Earth? 女士站在高处，仰望大地？
Yeah, this mask represent woman. 对，那面具代表女性
And the fact they are up, 他们站在高处
that means the situation where the Dogon people want woman to be. 反映了女性在多贡人心目中的地位
To be raised up? 是女权在上吗？
Yeah, yeah, to be up. 对，是在上位的
So they give high status to woman. 多贡族女性有较高的社会地位
Very good. 原来如此
And this leg symbolise the leg of er, a bird - 而脚就代表了雀鸟的脚
- you know. 明白吗？
Okay. But yet women can't be in the dance, can they? 明白，但女士不能加入舞蹈的？
No, no, they can't. 对，她们不能
They're represented but they can't join in. 虽然有人代表她们，但却不能加入
Yeah, they can't participate to the dance - 是的，她们不能参加舞蹈
- but they are given the most important mask. - Okay. 但却得到最重要的面具 明白
And the most important stature. 还有最高的地位
And now - after this they will go back to their place of safety. 完成后，他们就会返回安全的地方
In fact they've danced around me once 他们刚才还有我面前跳着舞
and now they're leaving and going into myth. 但现在已返回神话之中
African masks were a great source of inspiration 很多欧洲艺术家
for European artists like Picasso 亦从非洲面具取得灵感
who recognised their emotional and primal power. 例如毕加索就视它为感情和原始能量
Mali's developed a thriving industry 马利亦发展成一个生产面具
producing masks to sell to visitors. 吸引游客的繁盛工业城市
Most on sale here have, I trust, 我认为这里大部份出售的面具
been made for tourists 都只为旅客而设
and are not genuine sacred masks. 而并非真正的神圣面具
Ah. 呀！
- Monsieur, bonjour. - Bonjour. 先生，随便参观 随便参观
You are welcome. 欢迎你
It's amazing to see so many masks for sale. 我面前竟然有这么多面具出售
They're hibernating, the power - is dormant. 它们正在冬眠，它们的力量正在冬眠
And apparently if one's um, very sensitive 但若你够敏感的话
and the mask is very powerful, 面具仍然有一种力量
even to touch one of these masks, even when dormant, 就算触摸正在冬眠的面具
can burn one's fingers. 它仍能刺痛你的手指
I'll have a go. 让我试试看
Oh, well I'm not very sensitive - 看来我不是个敏感的人
- but I'm sure the power's there. 但我肯定里面藏着某种力量
So these - are Dogon masks? 这就是多贡面具吗？
This a Dogon mask. 是多贡面具来的
This is the Kanaga, this is Satimi. 这个是卡那瓦，这个是萨提密
This is Kanaga? 这是卡那瓦吗？
Kanaga, yeah, Kanaga mask. 是的，是卡那瓦面具
And this one too? 这个亦一样？
Yeah, this one too is a Dogon. 是的，这亦是多贡面具
- So this is what, an animal spirit? - Yeah. 这个是代表动物灵魂吗？ 对
This one's an old one, isn't it? 这个较古老的，对不？
Yeah, this is Dogon. 对，这是来自多贡的
Oh that's - that's water or the sea, isn't it? 这个是…水或海洋吗？
This is the er, the lion - lion's figure. 这是…狮子，是狮子的塑像
The lion. Okay, rrrh. 原来是狮子
Is the power, is a power mask. 是一个拥有无上力量的面具
Power mask indeed. 拥有力量的面具
Well, how much are you asking for this one? 这个卖多少块钱？
This one is 25 thousand. 这个要25000元
Ah, that's too much. That's too much. 太贵了，实在太贵了
This is - I have - I have them - 我拿回来时…
Much too much. 实在太贵了
It's a lovely thing but I know it's not worth. 虽然很美，但我知道不值这个价钱
Like this one I'm selling for - for 75. 这个我卖75000而已
I don't want that one. That's not very nice. 我不喜欢，它不吸引我
Yeah, this is ten thousand. 这个原本售10000的
- This is a cheaper one. This is - - No, that's horrible. 这个较便宜的 不，太吓人了
Okay. How much, your best price is how much for this one? 好吧，这个你可以付多少块钱？
Well you're - I'm saying ten, 我原本打算付10000元
you're saying - you're saying twenty, 现在你说要20000元
so I suppose we have to go down the middle and say um, twelve, twelve. 我就拿个中位数，就12000好了
No joking is no good I'll tell you. Price is no good. 别跟我开玩笑了，这价钱不好
Let's split the difference and I'll say fifteen and that's it. 那就各让一步，15000好了
Fifteen. 15000元
No. Okay now you give me seventeen, is okay. 不，你给我17000好了
Seventeen you are stopped there, okay? 这个价钱你可以接受了吗？
Sixteen. Oh for god's sake, 看着老天爷份上，16000吧
seventeen, okay, let's - seventeen. 17000就17000好了
I'm joking for me, this one. 这个是蚀本价来的
I've been had, but I don't care. 我不知道，我不介意了
Seventeen? 17000吗？
It's with regret that I leave Mali. 我带着遗憾离开马利
A land of ancient and mystical faith. 这个远古气息和神秘信仰的国度
From West Africa, I travel north to Libya. 我离开西非，出发到北边
On the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. 位于地中海岸的利比亚
I'm in Tripoli. 我身处的黎波里
Until recently it would have been almost impossible to visit Libya. 较早前，要参观利比亚近乎没有可能
Under the hard-line regime of Colonel Gaddafi, 在卡达非将军的极权统治之下
the country was closed to most western visitors. 整个国家接近完全禁止西方游客进入
But now relations have thawed 但现在气氛缓和
and I can visit two treasures 我亦有机会欣赏两件几十年来
that have haunted my imagination for decades. 俘虏人心的宝物
Seventy-five miles east along the coast from Tripoli 宝物就藏在的黎波里海岸东面
Iies my next treasure. 七十五里的地方
Libya was an important outpost of the Roman Empire 利比亚是罗马帝国重要的前哨基地
and trades flourished along this coast. 沿岸商业亦非常发达
I've come to see one of the greatest Roman cities. 我要到其中一个最伟大的罗马城市
A miraculous survival of the classical world. 那是时至今日仍然存活的远古世界
The city of Leptis Magna was a gateway for trade 莱普提斯城是罗马时代
between African Europe during Roman times. 非洲与欧洲通商的大门
Under the rule of Emperor Septimus Severus in the first century A. D., 至公元一世纪，由塞佛留大帝统治下
the city enjoyed its golden age. 进入全盛时期
It was one of the largest and most magnificent in Africa. 那是非洲最顶盛和辉煌的年代
Nowhere else in the world could get such a good idea 世上再没有其他地方
of what it was like to be a citizen 可以带出身为罗马全盛时期
Iiving in a great Roman period city -
居民的感觉
- and I'm going to be a citizen of Leptis Magna. 我化身莱普提斯
A citizen for the day, going to the marketplace. 一个日间会到市集游逛的居民
Here would be sold - fruit and fish. 这里售卖的是水果和鱼类
But I'm a merchant of fabrics, cotton, 而我则是一名布匹和棉花商
and here is a lovely little arch - 这里有个小巧的拱顶
- with ships here 上面刻有从远处
bringing goods to Leptis from afar. 运载货物到莱普提斯的船只
Certainly - my cotton comes from Egypt. 而我的棉花则是来自埃及的
Now - through here is where I did my business, 穿过拱门之后，就会来到我的铺子
selling my cotton and perhaps silk, 我就在这里售卖棉花或者丝绸
and in front of me is a very important thing. 我面前是一件很重要的物件
It's a unit of measurements. 是一个量度单位
Incredible. 难以置信
The Punic measurement is what's called a Cubit. 布匿的量度单位现称为腕尺
A Cubit being an ancient - measure 是古时的一种量度方法
from the elbow to this finger. 自手肘至中指端
Exactly a Cubit of length - 就正正是腕尺的长度
- where I'd offer up my cloth like this 我会将我的布匹放上来量度
and sell it on to the retailer. 然后就卖给零售商
And here are measures for liquids, wine or olive oil. 这是用来量度液体，例如酒和橄榄油
Liquids poured into the top of this container, four different sizes, and - 液体会注满这四个不同大小的容器
- then there's a plug system, I guess, here - 大概这里还有一个活塞
- and the liquid would then - 液体就会从这里流到锅中
- go from here into a pot and be carried away. 然后被带走
After a hectic morning of business, 经过繁忙的一天之后
I make my way to the Forum. 我就会回到广场
This is the heart of the city. 这是市中心
Here the citizens could venerate the god emperor in the temple standing there. 市民可到此敬拜竖立在寺院的神灵
What a great - space this is. 这空地的确很棒
Remains there of a colonnade - supporting sculpture. 还有无数支撑着雕塑的柱子
Heads of Medusa, some of which survive. 那是墨杜萨，尚存的雕塑之一
Incredible place. 惊人的地方
Shops over there facing the temple. 那边的商店面向寺院
And behind the shops 而商店后面是城内
the most important public building in the city really, the great basilica. 最重要的公共建筑物-大教堂
With tiers of columns rising up almost ninety feet, 大教堂的圆柱群有近九十尺高
the great basilica dispensed law and order to the citizens of Leptis Magna. 专门负责执行莱普提斯的法令
It's the end of a busy day. 完成繁忙的一天之后
I need a - a bath and a massage. 我需要浸浴和按摩
So I come to this magnificent public bath. 于是我来到这所宏伟的公众浴场
This is one of the greatest bathhouses outside Rome itself. And - 这是罗马市外，最宏伟的澡堂之一
- taking my clothes off as I go along, 我边脱衣服，边向前走
putting my garments in a locker room, 我将布匹放在储物室
I go through these rooms and here, 穿过这一列房间之后
stripped naked by this time, I enter - 这时的我已经全身赤裸
- this great chamber here which is the hot room, which is steaming. 我走进这间以蒸气弄得热腾腾的房间
Can hardly see as I make my way over here. 但我看不见前路
Great furnaces creating intense - heat over here. 因为到处都是炙热的火炉
So I sweat, I sweat. 我全身都是汗水
I'm here. 我来到这位置
With steam coming out of pipes, 看到输送管喷出源源不绝的蒸气
I lie down 我躺下来
and am massaged with olive oil. 感到有人用橄榄油为我按摩
My body worked thoroughly by a muscular fellow. 我的身体随满身肌肉的男士运行
Feels fantastic. 感觉妙不可言
And above me 而我头顶是个…
a great vault keeping the heat in. 不停输入热气的巨型拱顶
If I'm taken short and need to go to the lavatory 若我一时情急，要上洗手间的话
there are these public latrines. 这里会有公共厕所
Well, very public actually. 很有种大众的感觉
Multi-seaters. 这里面有多个坐厕
They are a really beautiful, elegant minimal design. 设计漂亮，雅致
I sit here above this little hole and um, go about my business. 我就坐在这些小孔上干我的大事
When completed, take a brush - 完事后，就拿一条毛巾
- put it in this canal of water, get the brush - 然后从水道点一点水
- and er, insert it through this hole and - cleanse my person. 再将毛巾放进小孔洗擦干净
And then - off I go. 之后就起身离开
Much of the city that once housed seventy thousand people 这座曾一度居住七万人的古城
is yet to be unearthed. 仍未全面出土
By the 1 1th century it had been abandoned 公元十一世纪，古城被荒废
and covered by sand - the ruins lost. 并埋藏于沙土之下，遗迹尽失
Excavation has taken place 后来挖掘工程展开
and the centre revealed, 城中心被发现
but where I'm standing now is still covered. 但我站着的位置就仍被盖着
This is where people lived. 这是当时人们居住的地方
Below my feet are the houses of this once thriving population. 我脚下是曾经非常兴旺的房屋
Everywhere one looks one sees evidence of the people, 这里所有角落
都可以看到当时的证据和市民的职业
their occupation of - this site.
Bits of pot everywhere. 茶壶碎片比比皆是
Lovely bit of ceramic here. 这一片就是精美的陶器
Ancient glass. 还有远古玻璃
And even here - fragments of bronze coins. 更有铜币碎片
Look at that. 看看吧
It's very moving to think that below my feet 我很激动，因为我知道脚底下
is so much evidence yet to be revealed - of what life was really like here on this coast, 埋葬着更多这商业城市于二千年前
this trading city, two thousand years ago. 未经发掘的事物
With the decline of the Roman Empire, 随着罗马帝国陷落
the city of Leptis Magna fell prey to its enemies 莱普提斯成了敌人的猎物
and was violently sacked by Berber raiders from the desert. 最终被来自沙漠的巴巴里入侵者所灭
I'm going to a Berber village to find my next treasure. 下一件宝物就藏在巴巴里镇内
I head south towards the El Azizia desert. 我向南前往阿夕西亚沙漠
One of the hottest places on Earth. 那是全球最炎热的地域
Temperatures here can reach a baking 1 36 degrees Fahrenheit. 气温可达至华氏136度
This arid land was the home of the Berbers. 这遍干旱地域是巴巴里人的家
The original inhabitants of North Africa. 他们是北非的原居民
My treasure was created by the Berber people 而我的宝物更是巴巴里人
nearly a thousand years ago. 于一千年前制成
It's a building created for the most basic of reasons. 建造这栋建筑物的原因简单不过
The storage and preservation of food. 就是为了收藏和保存食物
In this inhospitable region it was the difference between life and death. 这一带可是经历生与死的荒凉地域
It's built from local materials. 它取材自当地的资源
Stone, gypsum, plaster. 包括石头，石膏和灰泥
Incredibly organic in feel. 感觉非常简单
A perfect O, a perfect circle. 是完美的O型，一个圆型
It was created to store the community's most precious thing. 它用以储存镇上最珍贵的宝物
Not just cereals were stored here, 不单有谷类植物
dates, olives, wine, olive oil, figs. 还有棘，橄榄，酒，橄榄油和无花果
Each window is a little cell belonging to a different family. 每一扇窗代表不同家庭的小室
Each one a little vaulted space 而每个小室都有一个地窖位置
in which really the thing of life itself, 用以收藏对生命极其重要的食物
their food, was preserved and guarded. 藉以好好保护和看管它们
I'll try and get into one of the storage cells. 我尝试走进其中一个储存室
Each one is um, sort of a little independent room. 里面每一个都是细小的独立房间
Now this ladder, gosh, seen better days, wow. 好，我攀上这条木梯，很花气力
Um, okay. So I say each of these little cells would belong to one family -
刚才我提到每个房间都属于一个家庭
- and um, on the floor - is the remains of the family's barley store. 而底层就是存放剩余大麦的地方
I'm gonna to walk on it 我将会走进去
because these rooms are now generally abandoned 因为这些房子已经荒废
and this food will no longer be eaten. 食物亦不会再进食
Oh, gosh, I'm sinking in barley. 天，我浸在大麦池里了
Wow, there's more in than I thought. Wow - 数目比我想像中多
- excellent. Incredible. 很棒！难以想像
It's er, oh lovely, look. 妙得很，看看啊
Um, fresh actually, good quality. 非常新鲜，是上品来的
Now, as I look at this room - amazing. 环顾这间房间…多惊人
Look at the thickness of the wall of this granary. 且看谷仓墙身的厚度
It's hot outside but cool in here, 外面虽然很热，但这里却很凉快
that's the point, and er, and very, very dry. 这就是重点所在，而且非常干爽
One end of this room a little window, 房子的尽头有一扇小窗
so it's ventilated, very important. 用作通风，这一点非常重要
What intrigues me as I stand here is um, 但我猜不到墙身
what's carved - on the wall. 刻着像小型西洋棋棋盘的东西
Like a little chequerboard here, 是什么来的
or perhaps it's a way of marking off time. 可能是用来记录时间吧
Almost at some point it was inhabited, or partly inhabited. 有的全画上符号，有的就部份画上
Some of the structure of the granary 谷仓亦有类似堡垒的作用
also operates every effectively as a fortification. 它会在巴巴里人受到侵略时
It's a way of protecting the community of Berbers in time of invasion. 负起保卫的用途
In the courtyard below they would camp - 巴巴里人会在下面的广场札营
- and I think to a degree, occupy these rooms 我想他们大概还会住在这些房子内
because some of these cells, the doors - can be secured only from within. 因为这里某些大门，只能从里面上锁
So clearly these were to be occupied, I suppose maybe if the enemy penetrated the fortress. 大概是敌人入侵时，匿藏的地方
The Berber village lying outside the granary is in ruins. 位于谷仓外的巴巴里镇已成为废墟
The granary itself is largely abandoned. 谷仓本身已经被遗弃
Until recently they lived here much as they would have lived two thousand years ago, 不久前，他们仍像二千年前
with their own language, their own customs, 以同样的语言，同样的习俗
their own culture. 同样的文化在这片地域居住
But things have changed, times have changed. 但随着环境转变，时代转变
They are now succumbing to the modern world. 巴巴里人都要顺应现代世界
Their culture is disappearing. 他们的文化亦随之消失
So this fortress failed in the end 最终这座堡垒
to save the Berbers. 亦不能拯救巴巴里人的命运
It's a - tragedy. 这是一件悲剧
You see here the end of 巴巴里人几千年的生活
thousands of years of Berber life. 就在这里完结
It's time to leave Libya and I head towards Egypt. 是时候离开利比亚，向埃及进发
Being in this evocative desert landscape 身处这片沙漠风光之下
I can't resist trying the traditional means of transport. 我也想尝试一下传统交通工具的滋味
- Okay, you have a - you have a camel? - Yes. 请问你有骆驼出租吗？ 有
Could I see? 可以看看吗？
Ride him, the camel. 我想骑骆驼
You have a camel? Can't see many. 你有骆驼吗？数目似乎绝不多
Do you have a camel? 你有骆驼吗？
- No camel. - No camel. 没有骆驼 没有骆驼
- Horse. - Horse, no. 但有马匹 不要马匹
I rather wanted to mount a camel. 我想骑骆驼
There's a camel. There's a camel. 那是骆驼了，那是骆驼了
- There's a camel here. - Y es, yes. 我终找到骆驼了 是的
Ah, a camel! 呀，是骆驼呀
Oh looks like he's a very um, pleasing camel. A reluctant camel. 它似乎蛮合我意，很有性格
They're quite - they're brutish beasts, camels, from my experience. 据说他们会虐待动物，虐待骆驼
They have a temper, a bit unpredictable. 它们性格暴躁，出人意表
Sounds already in a bad temper. 从它的声音看来，好像有点脾气
Um, okay, well let's see how this goes. 好吧，让我试试看好了
- Morning. - How are you? 早安 你好吗？
Morning. Very well. Say hello to the camel. 早安，先跟骆驼打个招呼
Pleased to meet you. 很高兴认识你
Nice to meet you. How's the camel? 我亦一样，骆驼情况如何？
What's the camel's name? 它叫什么名字？
Name Whisky. 它叫威士忌
Whis - Whisky? I can live - with that. 威士…威士忌？我很喜欢的
Okay. I know getting - camel's getting up is always a bit - 我知道等骆驼站起来，要…
Lean back. 要屈身
- Lean back and hold on. - Yeah. 要屈身，然后抓紧 可以了
Argh. Lovely moment. 这是重要的时刻
I always love the er - 我常觉得…没有事情比得上
nothing like getting on a camel in the morning. Wah. 在早上骑骆驼
- Okay? - Okay. Let's go for a walk. 可以了吗？ 可以了，我们出发吧
Now Whisky, what you don't do Whisky 威士忌，威士忌
is you just don't suddenly sit down, okay? 请你不要突然蹲下来，可以吗？
I know that's what you want to do. 我知道你会这样做的
I'm in search of a great civilisation. 我要寻找的是一个伟大文明
A mighty land ruled by divine kings. 统治这片伟大国土的是神圣君主
The pharaohs. 法老王
They created one of the most brilliant empires the world has ever seen. 他们创立了史上最光辉的帝国
For all our attempts to understand it, 纵然我们多番尝试窥探
Ancient Egypt remains shrouded in mystery. 但古埃及仍躲在朦胧之中
My first stop is 我的第一个目的地
on the outskirts of the largest city of Africa. 就位于非洲最大城市的市郊
Being in Cairo 我身处开罗
you can probably guess what my first Egyptian treasure's going to be. 观众大概都已猜到第一件宝物
Pure, ideal, elemental forms, 它处于沙漠
as if exploding from the desert. 是一件纯净，完美，巨大之物
The power comes from the combination of the huge scale and the perfection of the geometry. 力量来自它的规模和完美的几何比例
Incredible - experience. 绝对是珍品
One can see these as a work of nature really, 它简直是自然的杰作
the force of nature, the work of the gods. 是自然的力量和神所创造
The Pyramids remain an enigma. 金字塔亦是一个谜
We still don't know for sure when they were built, 我们仍未知道它们的建造年份
by whom 由谁人所建
or indeed how they were built. 以及采用了哪种建筑方式
The Great Pyramid is the largest of the three. 大金字塔是三座金字塔中最大的一座
It's believed to have been made over four thousand, five hundred years ago 今日大多相信它是库夫王
by Pharaoh Cheops to house his tomb. 于四千五百年前，为自己建造的墓穴
It was constructed with incredible accuracy. 金字塔以极准确的比例建成
If we accept the conventional view 若我们持传统的思想
about the limited technology available at the time, 认为当时只有有限的技术
then, quite simply, the Great Pyramid would have been unbuildable. 那么，大金字塔绝对没有可能出现
It's made out of two and a half million blocks of stone, 大金字塔以二千五百万块砖头建成
Iaid in 203 courses, rising to 481 feet. 总共有203层，离地481尺
It's an amazing sight. 是惊人的景象
The only survivor of 亦是现世遗留下来
the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 唯一的古代七大奇迹
But the reason for choosing the Great Pyramid as my treasure 但我挑选大金字塔为宝物的原因
Iies inside it. 却深陷金字塔内
This entrance route I'm in was quarried into the pyramid in the 9th century, 这条入口于九世纪
by the Caliph that ruled Cairo. 由统治开罗的哈里发筑成
He couldn't find the secret hidden entrance 他因为找不到隐藏的入口
so he cut - this passageway. 所以特别开辟这条通道
Amazing. I'm walking through the body of the pyramid. 我居然走进了金字塔之内
It's absolutely wonderful. 实在叹为观止
Ah, now here we are, connecting with the original entrance passage, 我们终于来到与原来入口相连的位置
the ascending passage, 那是向上倾斜的通道
still blocked by these great stones. 但它仍被巨石完全挡住
Put there to seal the interior, stop people penetrating. 以封印入口，阻止所有人进入
And this passage I'm about to go up, 而我将会前往的通道
Ieads to the chamber - 就会引领我到密室
- in which the pharaoh Cheops, is said to have been buried. 据说，库夫王就在这里埋葬
Incredibly low, this passage. 通道建于低处
I'll have to go up on my hands and knees, 我要用双手和膝盖走上去
or at least I suppose in an attitude of prayer 我想大概是要人低着头
with my head bowed. 像信徒一样膜拜
The gallery's beautifully constructed. 走廊建筑得非常精美
- The huge weight above of the stone, 要知道我头顶上的巨型石块
the solid body of the pyramid is being carried - 这些石头…
- by these stones above my head. 就是这座金字塔的骨干
It's quite an alarming idea actually, 令身处这条通道的人
walking through this little passage. 都感到不寒而傈
Oh. Well, another obstacle. 又有另一件障碍
This passage is even lower 这次的通道比刚才向上倾斜的通道
than the ascending passage. 建得更低
Oh, gosh! 我的天！
Walking through the granite wall. 要穿过花岗岩厚墙
And - good Lord! 感谢上苍！
What a space. What a room. 这么一个空地，这么一个房间
This is called the King's Chamber, 这是国王的寝宫
because it is thought in here the Pharaoh Cheops was entombed 因为库夫王据说就埋葬在这里
and here is the great sarcophagus. 这个就是惊人的石棺
And in the sarcophagus one supposes was once - 石棺内大概曾经摆放着
- the body of the great Pharaoh, Cheops. 法老库夫王的尸体
Certainly this sarcophagus had to be built into this room and there's no - 显然这个石棺要于这房间内建造
- other way this could have got in here, 因为从金字塔底部
apart from being lowered from above. 再没有其他方法可到达这高处
But just look at the space. 且看这个空间
The room is formed by great granite slabs - 房间以花岗岩石板建造
- some of gigantic size. 它们都巨型得很
The one there - weighing, it is thought, about eighty tons. 那一块的重量，大概就有八十顿
Look at the size of it. 且看它的大小
And look at the joints. They are so precise. 还有它的接合点，都异常精细
Cut in granite. How? 他们究竟用什么方法切割花岗岩？
Four thousand five hundred years ago, 以四千五百年前的原始技术
with that primitive technology? 会做得到吗？
It almost defies belief. 这根本是违反定律
Defies understanding. 违反我们的认知
Nothing about a room - like this 这样的一个房间
is a mistake or a chance. 绝不会是以错误和运气而建
And the proportion - this becomes the central proportion of classical architecture. 它的比例更成为古代建筑物
Greece and Rome, 例如希腊，罗马
Italian Renaissance, 和意大利文艺复兴时期的中心比例
the double cube 而长方柱
is always the volume created by man when he wants to create a powerful sacred space, 更一直被人类视为圣洁之地的象征
a space connecting with the gods and the higher world. 是与神或上层世界联系的地方
And it starts here in this room, 这概念原来就起源自…
four thousand, five hundred years ago. 这四千五百年前筑成的房间
This is in a way, this room, 某程度上，这个房间
is the beginning of time, the beginning of civilisation, 就是时间，文明和
the beginning certainly of architecture. 建筑的发源
Incredible. 令人叹为观止
But the more one stands here the details are phenomenal. 愈是逗留，愈发现更多惊人的细节
For example, this room, 例如人们都相信这个房间
where we believe the dead Pharaoh would reside, 是已死的法老居住的地方
is connected to the outside world - by two air shafts. 它更以两条送风管与外界连接
Incredible, these creations, 的确惊人
to - allow the Pharaoh's soul. 这些设计让法老的灵魂…
Eh, as I mentioned the word 'soul' the lights go out. 当我提到灵魂时，灯光突然关上
Scary? Yes. Incredible. Incredible. 恐怖吗？当然恐怖，非常恐怖
Perhaps it's time to leave. 大概是时候离开了
The survival of the pyramids is threatened by the ever expanding suburbs and air pollution. 金字塔正受城市和空气污染威胁
With a growing population of ten million people, 开罗人口已上升至一千万人
Cairo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. 是全球其中一个人口最密集的城市
And in the middle of this urban chaos 而繁嚣的城市中心
is the tranquillity and inspiration of the Cairo Museum. 是平静和充满灵感的开罗博物馆
I'm here to see the most exciting archaeological find 我到来是要一睹二十世纪
of the 20th century. 最令人震奋的考古发现
In 1 922, a British excavation team discovered 1922年，英国发掘队伍
the tomb of Tutankhamen. 发现了图坦卡门的墓穴
The boy pharaoh from over three thousand years ago. 那是三千年前的男孩法老王
Pharaohs were buried with objects and spells 法老王会有大量物品和符咒陪葬
to aid them in their journey through the Underworld to rebirth. 以助他们穿越阴间，从而再生
Tutankhamen's tomb was a remarkable find. 图坦卡门的墓穴是一次重大发现
It was one of the few royal tombs to have escaped the grave robbers. 它是少数逃得过盗墓者的皇室墓穴
Within the tomb was a vast gilded box, 墓穴内，有一个镀金盒子
covered with hieroglyphs on a great casket. 棺材之上写满了象形符号
And within that box was another box, slightly smaller - 而盒子内还有另一个较小的盒子
- also covered with hieroglyphs. 同样写满了象形符号
Within that, a third box. 它里面还有第三个盒子
And within the third box a fourth box. 第三个盒子内还有第四个盒子
And in the fourth box was a great stone sarcophagus. 第四个盒子内有一个巨型石棺
Within that three coffins. 里面有三个棺材
And only, having got through all of that, 但它们当中
would you have found my treasure. 只有一个埋藏了我的宝物
And here it is. Tutankhamen's mask. 就是它，图坦卡门面具
An object that, since it was discovered eighty years ago, 这件宝物自八十年前被发现以来
has captured the imagination of the world. 已令世界为之倾倒
The boy pharaoh who died, some say was murdered, 年轻的法老王有说是于三千三百年前
over three thousand, three hundred years ago. 被谋杀致死
It shows - the pharaoh reborn, life after - death. 它显现法老再生，死后复活
But he's reborn as a divine being, 但重生之后，他已成了神
his flesh replaced by gold - and other precious objects there. 肉体由黄金和其他的宝物包裹
I mean there's Lapis, cornelian - turquoise. 包括了红玉髓和绿松石等
An incredible piece of work. 是一件不可多得的杰作
Beautiful in detail, beautiful in form - and the colour and the meaning of it, 细节，形式和颜色都配合得天衣无缝
power is here. 这就是它代表的能量
On the front we see - the image of the vulture and the cobra, 而前面是秃鹰和眼镜蛇图案
so worldly power, spiritual power. 有无上的超自然力量
People are attracted to it 人们都被它深深吸引
and I find myself strangely attracted to it. 而我亦不例外
I look - into the eyes of the pharaoh. 我看着法老王的眼睛
The stares back at me. 它目不转睛地盯着我
It is an astonishing experience. 的确是令人赞叹的经验
Well, um, my train's just arrived. 我的火车才刚到
It's late. 它比预算来迟了
It's also the end to an exhausting day. 繁忙的一天终于结束
So, plan is to leave the turmoil, bustle of Cairo 我打算离开繁华热闹的开罗
and get the overnight sleeper, 睡一整个夜晚
nine hours journey, 并行驶九小时
running beside the Nile to the relative peace, 沿尼罗河去到一个我希望相对宁静
I hope of Edfu. 名叫伊迪芙的地方
Right. Okay, let's see how it goes. 好吧，且看如何了
Don't feel like any trouble. 大概一切顺利
Tourists. 都是游客
Very nice. I've got a saloon. 很不错，居然有一个大厅
Um, what's this? Widescreen television? 那是什么？阔荧幕电视吗？
Er, no, actually it's fine. 不，其实算不错了
And er, I'm gonna go to bed, so goodnight. 我要就寝了，晚安吧
I travel south beside the Nile. 我沿尼罗河向南驶去
The River is the lifeblood of this land. 尼罗河是这片土地的命脉
Cities cluster along it, 沿海岸城市林立
crops flourish beside it, 农作物茂盛
and beyond is only desert. 在远处就只有沙漠
Without the Nile 没有尼罗河
there would have been no great Ancient Egyptian civilisation 就不会有伟大的古埃及文明
and certainly not my next treasure. 当然亦不会出现我下一件宝物
This temple is the best preserved in Egypt. 这寺院是全埃及保存得最好的一间
Completed around 60 B.C., 于公元前六十年完成
it is dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god. 用以供奉鹰头神何若斯
God of the sky and god of light. 祂掌管了天空和光线
The pharaohs were believed to be the embodiment of Horus on Earth. 而法老更被视为鹰头神在人世的化身
Temples like this are organised in a very particular way. 这座寺院拥有独特的组织
They go from large, light - open, public areas like this 从一个宏大，光线充足的空地
to increasingly dark, intimate, enclosed areas 转移到一个黑暗和被包围的地方
where only the elite of the land, priests and the royal family, 那里就只有贤士，例如祭师和皇族
can penetrate. 才可以通过
These walls tell the story of Egyptian theology. 围墙诉说了埃及不同神祗的宗教故事
Of many gods, each one representing 祂们每一个都代表了不同的…
a different aspect of daily and spiritual life. 日常和灵性生活
This sort of sliver of a room 摆放了石板的房间
is where offerings to - the gods were made. 是进行祭祀的地方
It's incredible the way these stones speak. 这些石头就像懂得说话一样
They're sort of living stones, 是拥有生命的石头
incredible space to enter. 是很有趣的地方
And somewhere here on this wall among the hieroglyphs should be the image of Min, 而绘画了象形图案的墙身
the god of fertility with his - 更有繁殖之神闵神
- huge erect penis, phallus, 和祂巨形勃起的阴茎
symbolising the power given to mankind to recreate, 这象征了性交过程中
to create life through the sexual act. 所带来的欢娱和所创造的生命
And the phallus removed. 但阴茎部份被人去掉了
This is - appalling. 非常可怕
Removed over there as well, I see. 那里的阴茎亦一样
Nothing else has been vandalised. 但其他地方却完好无缺
I suspect this is some frightful souvenir hunter in the 1 9th century 我猜想这定是十九世纪
commissioning the removal of his member. 到来盗宝的猎人所干的好事
Ah, now you see higher up, where people couldn't reach, 在高处，人触碰不到的地方
the member's intact - protruding, 阴茎能够完封不动的屹立着
showing the world the power of fertility. 显示出世上繁殖力量的气势
Now beyond this we get to the shrine itself. 之后我们会进入圣殿
In front of me, 它就在我面前
but now there's another division marked by this threshold. 但过了这个门褴，就代表进入分界线
Only the high priest of the land 只有当地的大祭师
and the pharaoh in his capacity as supreme high priest can make this step. 和地位等同大祭师的法老王才能进入
Now the space is constrained more, darker, tighter space. 这里比刚才更加黑暗狭窄
An altar here. 里面有一个祭坛
And here the shrine 这个圣殿
in which would have stood an image - of the great god Horus. 曾经摆放了伟大的繁殖之神塑像
This is very epicentre. 这里就是正中心
It is, in a sense - the birthplace and the powerhouse of Egyptian religion. 是埃及宗教起源和发扬地
I travel to the one time spiritual capital of Ancient Egypt. 我来到古埃及的神圣首都
Even today, it still has the energy of a great city. 时至今日，它仍有大都市的气息
Oh fish. There's the catfish from the Nile - 是鱼，尼罗河的鲶鱼
- alive and kicking, breathing. 活生生，仍有呼吸的
I'd love a bit of pigeon. Hot Egyptian food. 我要一尝鸽子，最受欢迎的埃及食物
Takeaway, just like that. 我要外卖的
The last of my Egyptian treasures is 埃及的最后一件宝物
for me one of pure romance. 对我而言是个浪漫的故事
I'm pursuing a woman. 我要追踪一位女士
Said to be one of the most beautiful in history. 传说中，她是史上最美丽的女人
She was married to the great and powerful pharaoh, Ramesses ll. 她是伟大的法老王拉美西斯二世妻子
I've come to Luxor Temple for my first glimpse of her. 为了见她，我来到路克索神殿
Would I be disappointed? 但我会失望而回吗？
Ah, Queen Nefertari, at last we meet. 那孚妲莉皇后，我们终于见面
Here she is, crouching below her husband's gigantic knee. 她蹲伏在丈夫的巨型膝盖之下
Incredible image, look at her. 她的模样实在惊为天人
Beautiful to touch. To run one's hands over. 触感柔滑，是滑手的
Amazing. But her face is gone. 很棒，但她的样子已经模糊了
Destroyed in Ancient times. 早在古时就已被破坏
Incredibly frustrating. 真令人气馁
To find out more about her I must go to her tomb. 要对她有更多的认识，就要参观墓穴
There I'll discover about her life, her death, 我希望可以对她的一生，对她的死
her life after death and, more important, 和对她死后的生命，有更多认识
I hope I'll find out exactly what she looked like. 当然我亦希望一睹她的芳容
Tired of cars and trains, 我已厌倦汽车和火车
I fancy a ride in the open air. 我梦想在大地奔驰
I head towards the Valley of the Queens 我前往山谷
where Nerfertari was buried. 去到那孚妲莉皇后埋葬的地方
Nefertari means, 'the lovely one' 那孚妲莉有秀美动人的意思
and even over three thousand years later 就算相距三千年
she still has the power to arouse. 她仍有着极大的吸引力
Nefertari's tomb is closed to the public. 那孚妲莉的墓穴严禁参观
Inside it are the most beautiful and best preserved wall paintings 墓穴内保存了全埃及
ever discovered in Egypt. 最美丽和完好的壁画
Incredible. 令人赞叹
The images here tell the story of Nefertari's journey after death, 这里提到那孚妲莉死后
to the Underworld and then to rebirth. 从阴间转世的历程
And here we see her, perfect and complete, the beautiful queen. 我们面前的就是美丽动人的皇后
Look at her. 看看她
What a fantastic face. 出色的外表
So calm in death 在阴间仍保持镇定
and she's being escorted by Horus, the falcon-headed god. 并由鹰头神何若斯护送着
He's taking her on this journey to meet all the other gods 鹰头神带她认识其他神祗
where she can ask their protection and their help in her journey. 希望祂们在沿途为她护航
This is a rare survival of a golden age of Egyptian painting. 这是少有幸存的埃及黄金时代油画
The colours are fresh and vivid. 颜色鲜明活泼
Figures are stylised 图像经过格式化
and follow Egyptian conventions for sacred images. 遵照了埃及人神圣图像的惯例
Faces are seen in profile, 面孔都只有侧面
while the eyes are shown front on. 双眼都看着正前方
The bodies are elongated, 而身躯都纤细动人
beautiful and clad in tight, revealing garments. 穿着窄身的华丽服饰
Now I'm descending into the tomb proper, 我正前往下层
going down into the rock. 走到石块之中，观看真正的墓穴
And here, on each side of me, is Anubis, the jackal, 而我身边的是胡狼神阿努比斯
now in the form of a guardian of - tombs. 祂是墓穴的守卫
He's here to welcome Nefertari to the Kingdom of the Dead. 并负责欢迎那孚妲莉进入阴间世界
Now I can see the ordeal of Nefertari. 这里展示了那孚妲莉所受的考验
There she is, 这是她了
and she's appealing to the Guardians of the Seven Gates to the Underworld, 她正恳求七重天的守卫
the world of Osiris. 让她进入阴间
She must pass through these gates to get to the Underworld 她一定要穿越七重天到达阴间
or she stands no chance of being reborn. 不然她再没有再生的机会
Here's one of the terrifying guardians 这就是其中一个外表像异形
with his two big knives, like an alien. 手执两刀的守卫
And here the goddess lsis offering Nefertari on the left 而女神爱西斯正给左边的那孚妲莉
the ankh. 一个T型记号
The symbol of eternal life. 那是永生的象征物
This is the key space in the tomb, 这四根柱子界定了墓穴中
defined by these four square columns. 最重要的一个地方
Here the queen would have been reborn 皇后就在这里重生
as a finer creature, 化身成一个更优美的个体
ascending to the heavens. 然后升上天堂
I've got to lie down here where the tomb would have been, 躺在这个曾摆放了坟墓的地方
to see the view she would have had as a mummy, 感受她成为木乃伊
as a corpse also, 成为尸体
at the moment of rebirth, as a finer spirit. 并于再生的同时，成为更秀美的灵体
This is an incredible experience, my goodness me. 的确是个很难得的经历，感谢上天
When was this last done, looking up. 当一切完结之后，直视天花板
And of course the ceiling - is the starry sky. 会看到一个星空
The stars representing the world she came from - 星光代表她来自的世界
and the world - the heavens to which she hoped to return. 亦代表了她渴望回到的天堂
Amazing to see this. 难得一见的奇景
My journey around Africa ends just like it started, 跟出发时一样
on a river. 非洲之旅就在河流终结
It's a great experience on the Nile. 尼罗河之行是个毕生难得的经历
Like all the great rivers of Africa, 尼罗河就如非洲其他大河一样
it brings life to arid land, 为干旱的土地注入生命
carries trade, and - 并带动贸易
- it carries travellers, 更负责运送旅客
and I'm travelling, travelling back to Europe. 而我亦将起程返回欧洲
Home to Europe. 欧洲是我的家
I haven't been for just over four months. 我已有四个月未有踏足过家园
And um, I must admit I'm sad to leave. 但我承认离开不无失落
I'm sad to leave this land 离开这片土地，我亦感到伤感
and I feel almost nervous about returning to my home continent. 但同时间，我亦为返回故土紧张起来