An ancient arena

      Welcome you students to this site. Based on the archaeological evidence and artifacts we have found so far, we can ascertain that there was once a great arena here. Those arches over there were the main entrances and these articles that we found over there is the type once worn by gladiators. Take a look at them. The color is still bright because none of the dyes used then were artificial; they were well processed and obviously permanent.

      Now if we look at the land closer we can see that that area where the land slopes up is where the gladiators would ascend to greet the leader of the tournament. For many gladiators that was their last ascent ever, they would never arise again.

      This array of arbitrary items and weapons found here in the center of the arena arouses the idea in me that the battle was arduous. Note how many are broken.

      We can also see from these seeds that we can detect in lower layers of the soil, that aromatic spices were used as part of the celebration and spread throughout the arena. This area was quite dry even back then; these seeds must have come from a much more arboreal area. Other similar archaeological sites have seeds and artifacts from as far as the arctic region.

      You may wonder why I can be so articulate, confident and ardent about this information. Well, I'm not being arrogant, this area was simply a main artery of civilization and there are many other similar sites that I have researched all of my life.

                                               古代競技場

    歡迎同學們來到這個遺址。•根據我們迄今發現的考古學證據和手工藝品，我們可以確定，這里曾經有一個大競技場。那邊那些拱形物是主要入口，而我們在那兒找到的物品是角斗士們曾經穿過的衣服。大家看一下，衣服的顏色還很鮮亮，因為當時使用的染料都不是人造的，而且它們都經過了很好的加工，顯然是永不褪色。

    現在，如果我們更加仔細地觀察一下這塊地，就會發現那個向上傾斜的地方就是過去角斗士走上去向大賽領導致敬的地方。對很多角斗士來說，那是他們最后一次登高，因為他們再也不會出現了。

    在競技場中心發現的任意這一批物品和武器都會在我心中激發了這樣一種想法：角斗士們經歷了艱苦的搏斗。注意看損壞了的東西是多少。

    我們還可以從在土壤下層發現的這些種子看出，當時人們在慶祝活動中使用了有香味的調料，并把它們撒遍了整個競技場。即使在當時，這個地區也很干燥，這些種子準是來自有更多樹木的地區。其他類似的考古學遺址還發現了最遠來自習北極地區的種子和手工藝品。

    你們可能會奇怪我為什么能把這些信息說得如此清晰、自信而又充滿熱情。并不是我自大，這地區的確是文明的一根主動脈，而且在我的一生當中，我還研究過許多其他類似的遺址。

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