So how was this amazing piece of metal work accomplished?

那么，这件令人惊叹的青铜是如何制成的呢？

The earliest writing, villages, capitals, and bronze artifacts all originated here.

最早的文字、最早的村落、最早的都城、最早的青铜，均起源于此。

Now making a bronze vessel like our gui bowl is an extraordinarily complicated business.

这样的青铜是最具代表性的中国古物之一，制作工艺极为繁复。

Officials say pits surrounding the tomb have yielded pottery, bronze ware and iron ware.

官方表示，陵墓外藏坑已经出、青铜和铁。

Last month, the Horniman Museum, in south London, returned looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria.

上个月，伦敦南部的霍尼曼博物馆也向尼利亚归还被掠夺的贝宁青铜。

I stashed it in a crate of spent brass.

我把它藏在一箱旧铜。

A gold mask and some bronze artifacts have been discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site recently.

最近在三星堆遗址出一张黄金面具和一些青铜。

The University of Cambridge will return more than 100 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria.

剑桥大学将向尼利亚归还一百多件曾遭到英军掠夺的贝宁青铜。

Microscopic observation found that more than 20 unearthed bronzes and ivory had textiles on the surface.

（通过）显微镜观察发现，出的 20 多件青铜和象牙表面都有纺织品。

Many argue that these treasures, such as the famous Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes, should be returned.

许多人认为，这些珍宝，如著名的帕特农神庙大理石和贝宁青铜，应该物归原主。

The Benin Bronzes are kind of hard to categorize, because they include such a huge range of items.

贝宁青铜很难分类，因为它们包含如此多的物品。

When the piggy bank broke into pieces, the bronze, gold and silver coins inside of him scattered noisily.

存钱罐摔成碎片，青铜，金银硬币纷纷散落在地。

Some of the bronze artifacts discovered during the current excavation have never been seen before, according to experts.

据专家介绍，此次挖掘出的一些青铜，此前从未现。

Recently, Nigeria and Germany signed a deal for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes.

最近，尼利亚和德国签署一项协议，该协议要求德国归还数百件被称为贝宁青铜的文物。

At this date, any formal writing is prestigious, but writing in bronze carries a very particular authority.

在那个时代，所有的书面文字都极有分量，青铜上的铭文更是极具权威。

I'm in the Asia gallery of the British Museum, and I'm with a handsome bronze vessel called a gui.

我现在正身处大英博物馆的亚洲艺术走廊, 我手是这件被称为簋的华丽青铜。

In July, Germany handed back two bronzes and put more than 1,000 other items from its museums' collections into Nigeria's ownership.

今年 7 月，一家位于德国科隆的博物馆就向尼利亚归还两件青铜以及其博物馆收藏的一千多件其他物品。

They're trying to build a facility to house all of the returning bronzes.

他们正试图建造一个设施来容纳所有返回的青铜。

Like if you're gonna go bronze, then go bronze.

就像如果你要去铜，那就去青铜。

Western museums and the Nigerian government have been discussing solutions ever since.

成立 收藏青铜的西方博物馆。