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 Israeli archeologists excavating1 what they believe is the tomb of biblical King Herod, Said on Wednesday they’ve unearthed2 lavish3 Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously4 unseen in the Middle East. They also say they have found signs of a regal two-story mausoleum, bolstering5 their conviction that the Jewish monarch6 was buried there.

 
Archeologist Ehud Netzer is head of the team from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University which uncovered the site at the king’s winter palace in the Judean desert last year. He says the latest finds truly show work and funding fit for a king
 
“I sit on the remains7 of a mausoleum of Herod. We haven’t really fell close the foundations. But we’ve found here, and some of them are spread all around, architectural fragments that enable us to restore a monument of 25-meter high, 75-feet high, a very elegant, it’s, which fits Herod’s taste and his status. ”
 
A depiction8 of Herod’s monument is seen in this animation9 from the National Geographic10 Channel Special Herod’s Lost Tomb, premiering Sunday Nov. 23rd. In Herod’s private box of the auditorium11 the diggers discover delicate frescoes12, depicting13 windows opening on to painted landscapes. One of the scenes appears to show the view of a southern Italian farm.
 
Just visible in the paintings dating from between 15-10 B.C. are a dog, bushes and what looks like a country villa14. Netzer said that since finding fragments of one ornately carved sarcophagus last year, he and his team have found two more, suggesting that the monumental tomb may have been a royal family vault15.
 
“The mausoleum like the one which we have here, was generated by a king but not in particular only for himself, many times for his children and family like the famous mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, of Hadrian in Rome. They may contain many family members.”
 
Herod was the Jewish proxy16 ruler of the holy land under imperial Roman occupation beginning in 37B.C. and he reigned17 for more than six decades. After Herod’s death, Herodium, Herod’s sprawling18 palace fortress19 became a stronghold for Jewish rebels fighting Roman occupation and the site suffered significant battle damage before it was conquered and finally destroyed by Roman forces in 71 A.D.
 
The insurgents20 reviled21 the memory of Herod as a Roman puppet, and Netzer and his team believe that the violence with which one of the stone caskets was smashed suggests they knew it held his bones.
 
No human remains or inscriptions22 proving conclusively23 that the tomb was the king’s have been found,but excavation24 work continues.

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1 excavating 5d793b033d109ef3f1f026bd95b1d9f5     
v.挖掘( excavate的现在分词 )；开凿；挖出；发掘
参考例句：
  • A bulldozer was employed for excavating the foundations of the building. 推土机用来给楼房挖地基。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs. 一支新的丹麦探险队又在那个遗址上进行一年一度的夏季挖掘。 来自辞典例句
2 unearthed e4d49b43cc52eefcadbac6d2e94bb832     
出土的（考古）
参考例句：
  • Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
  • Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
3 lavish h1Uxz     
adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍
参考例句：
  • He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
  • The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。
4 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
5 bolstering d49a034c1df04c03d8023c0412fcf7f9     
v.支持( bolster的现在分词 )；支撑；给予必要的支持；援助
参考例句：
  • Why should Donahue's people concern themselves with bolstering your image? 唐纳休的人为什么要费心维护你的形象？ 来自辞典例句
  • He needed bolstering and support. 他需要别人助他一臂之力。 来自辞典例句
6 monarch l6lzj     
n.帝王，君主，最高统治者
参考例句：
  • The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
  • I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。
7 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
8 depiction f490e01c7396351ff1441f8162831f34     
n.描述
参考例句：
  • Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
  • A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。
9 animation UMdyv     
n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作
参考例句：
  • They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
  • The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。
10 geographic tgsxb     
adj.地理学的，地理的
参考例句：
  • The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
11 auditorium HO6yK     
n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂
参考例句：
  • The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
  • The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。
12 frescoes e7dc820cf295bb1624a80b546e226207     
n.壁画( fresco的名词复数 )；温壁画技法，湿壁画
参考例句：
  • The Dunhuang frescoes are gems of ancient Chinese art. 敦煌壁画是我国古代艺术中的瑰宝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The frescoes in these churches are magnificent. 这些教堂里的壁画富丽堂皇。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 depicting eaa7ce0ad4790aefd480461532dd76e4     
描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述
参考例句：
  • a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
  • The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。
14 villa xHayI     
n.别墅，城郊小屋
参考例句：
  • We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
  • We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。
15 vault 3K3zW     
n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室
参考例句：
  • The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
  • The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
16 proxy yRXxN     
n.代理权，代表权；（对代理人的）委托书；代理人
参考例句：
  • You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
  • We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。
17 reigned d99f19ecce82a94e1b24a320d3629de5     
vi.当政，统治（reign的过去式形式）
参考例句：
  • Silence reigned in the hall. 全场肃静。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Night was deep and dead silence reigned everywhere. 夜深人静，一片死寂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
18 sprawling 3ff3e560ffc2f12f222ef624d5807902     
adj.蔓生的，不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 )；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）
参考例句：
  • He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
  • a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
19 fortress Mf2zz     
n.堡垒，防御工事
参考例句：
  • They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
  • The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。
20 insurgents c68be457307815b039a352428718de59     
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
21 reviled b65337c26ca96545bc83e2c51be568cb     
v.辱骂，痛斥( revile的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The tramp reviled the man who drove him off. 流浪汉辱骂那位赶他走开的人。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The old man reviled against corruption. 那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
22 inscriptions b8d4b5ef527bf3ba015eea52570c9325     
（作者）题词( inscription的名词复数 )； 献词； 碑文； 证劵持有人的登记
参考例句：
  • Centuries of wind and rain had worn away the inscriptions on the gravestones. 几个世纪的风雨已磨损了墓碑上的碑文。
  • The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time. 年代久了，石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。
23 conclusively NvVzwY     
adv.令人信服地，确凿地
参考例句：
  • All this proves conclusively that she couldn't have known the truth. 这一切无可置疑地证明她不可能知道真相。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • From the facts,he was able to determine conclusively that the death was not a suicide. 根据这些事实他断定这起死亡事件并非自杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
24 excavation RiKzY     
n.挖掘，发掘；被挖掘之地
参考例句：
  • The bad weather has hung up the work of excavation.天气不好耽误了挖掘工作。
  • The excavation exposed some ancient ruins.这次挖掘暴露出一些古遗迹。

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