Which of these landmarks is the oldest — Stonehenge, The Colosseum, King Tut's Tomb, or Chichen Itza? To visit the oldest monument on this list you'd have to travel to Salisbury Plain, England where you'd find Stonehenge.
Archeologists believe it was built in stages starting around 3,000 B.C, but part of Stonehenge has been missing since 1958 and it wasn't until this week that its return was announced. Stonehenge was constructed with giant sarsen stones, sandstone blocks that are common in southern England. In the 1950s, cracks were found in one of the sarsens, so its core was drilled out and metal rods were put in it to keep it standing. But what happened to that core? An employee from the company that helped repair the sarsen held onto it. He put it on the wall of his office, and the man eventually moved to America bringing the three and a half foot core with him.
下列哪个地标建筑的历史最悠久？巨石阵、罗马斗兽场、图坦卡蒙陵墓还是奇琴伊察？如果要参观上述名单中最古老的历史遗迹，那你要前往英国索尔兹伯里平原，那里是巨石阵的所在地。
考古学家认为，巨石阵从大约公元前3000年开始分阶段修建，但巨石阵的部分结构在1958年消失，直到本周才传来归还消息。建造巨石阵的石材是萨尔森石，这种沙石块在英国南部地区相当常见。上世纪50年代，其中一块萨尔森石出现裂缝，因此工作人员将这一石块的岩心取出，然后放入金属棒以支撑石块。那被取出的岩心去哪里了？当时有一家公司为修复萨尔森石提供帮助，正是这家公司的一名雇员保留了一块岩心。他将岩心挂在办公室的墙上，后来这名男子在移民美国时，将这根3.5英尺长的岩心一并带到了美国。
The night before he turned 90 years old, he decided to return it to England. And the company that maintains the monument says it hopes the core will help them understand more about the prehistoric structure. One thing archeologists and geologists don't know exactly is where Stonehenge's stones were mined. There are at least two other cores that were drilled out of Stonehenge in the 1950s, but where those are, like the monument itself, remains a mystery.
他在90岁生日前夜决定将岩心归还英国。负责保护巨石阵的公司表示，他们希望这根岩心能帮助他们更好地了解巨石阵这一史前建筑。考古学家和地质学家不能确定的是，修建巨石阵的石块采自何处。上世纪50年代被取出的岩心至少还有两根，但同巨石本身一样，这两根岩心的下落依然是个谜。
来源：小e英语
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