点评:Let me immediately admit to something: this single portal tomb consumed my attention and interests for months prior to our arrival. I have read extensively about it. Watched videos, corresponded with the senior archaeologist who performed the most extensive excavation and conservation work in the late 1980s. I read her book. I could not wait to see this portal tomb. It was beyond everything that I could have imagined. It was magnificent. I allowed my mind to wander back millenniums when these rocks were covered with soil and trees grew all around. I "saw" neolithic families tending to crops, hunting, children playing in the forests. Young couples falling in love. I "watched" solemn spiritual processions bringing remains of special individuals for burial of their bones, spanning generations. I touched a boulder left by a retreating glacier. I wondered about the archeologist's discovery of a arrowhead tip imbedded in a hip with no signs of healing. Other bones indicated a hard life with arthritis probably caused by pulling/pushing heavy loads. So much was here to inhale.
翻译:我必须坦白一件事:在抵达之前的几个月里,这座单门墓一直占据着我的全部注意力。我阅读了大量关于它的资料,观看了相关视频,并与上世纪80年代末进行过最大规模挖掘和保护工作的资深考古学家保持联系。我还读了她的著作。我迫不及待地想要亲眼目睹这座单门墓。它远超我所有的想象,令人叹为观止。我的思绪仿佛穿越回数千年前,那时这些岩石上覆盖着泥土,树木郁郁葱葱。我仿佛“看到”新石器时代的人们耕作、狩猎,孩子们在森林里嬉戏,年轻的情侣坠入爱河。我仿佛“看到”庄严肃穆的灵性仪式,将逝者的遗骸迎入墓穴,跨越数代人。我触摸了一块冰川消退后留下的巨石。我不禁思考那位考古学家发现的嵌在髋骨中、毫无愈合迹象的箭头尖端究竟是怎么回事。其他骨骼则表明,他生前饱受关节炎的折磨,很可能是由于长期拉/推重物造成的。这里的一切令人目不暇接。