Reminders of the Past
Reminders of the Past
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过去的提醒
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C. Büchel
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G. E. Wimmer;C. Büchel
与最近在伦敦举行的东方主义大会有关的最有趣的展览之一是工人们在建造埃及金字塔时使用的工具的集合。它们是由杰出的埃及学家弗林德斯·皮特里先生收集并展出的。这些器皿表明，古代工匠对许多我们已经习惯于认为基本上是现代的工具有着惊人的了解。展品中有实心和管状的刚玉钻头，以及被描述为“一点也不比现在使用的差”的直圆锯和凿子。黑色玻璃曾被用作镜子，以及背面有一些黑色物质的透明玻璃。据说，西班牙人在南美洲的土著中发现了抛光的黑色石头的镜子，既有凸面的，也有凹面的。一家公司在挪威的克里斯蒂尼亚成立了一家公司，以复制几年前在浮冰中发现的旧维京船的准确模型。白兰地是法国人发明的，为世界所知已有近600年的历史。
One of the most interesting exhibitions in connection with the recent Orientalist Congress in London is a collection of tools used by workmen in building the pyramids of Egypt. They were gathered and are exhibited by the illustrious Egyptologist, Mr. Flinders Petrie. These utensils indicate that ancient workmen bad an astonishing acquaintance with many tools which we have been accustomed to consider essentially modern. Among the exhibits are solid and tubular corundum-tipped drills and straight and circular saws and chisels described as “ not a bit inferior to those now used.” Black glass was once used for mirrors as well as transparent glass with some black substance on the back. It is related that the Spaniards found mirrors of polished black stone, both convex and concave, among the natives of South America. A company has been formed at Christiania, Norway, to re produce an exact model of the old Viking boat that was dis covered some years ago in an ice floe. Brandy is an invention of the French and has been known to the world for nearly 600 years.