In this programme, we'll be unlocking the secrets of the ancient Egyptians, pyramid builders and the inventors of hieroglyphs – a writing system which uses pictures and symbols to represent words.

在本期节目中，我们将解开古埃及人、金字塔建造者和象形文字发明者的秘密。象形文字是一种使用图片和符号来表示文字的书写系统。

The question that most fascinates him, however, isn't how the Egyptians who designed and built the pyramid got it wrong 4,500 years ago, but how they got it so close to perfect.

然而，最令他感兴趣的问题不是 4500 和建造金字塔的埃及人是如何搞错的，而是他们如何做到如此接近完美。

The pyramids of Egypt are imposing structures.

埃及金字塔是宏伟建筑。

We essentially did just that with the pyramids in Egypt.

这在埃及金字塔就得以验证。

The targeted moonlet is a little larger than one of the pyramids in Egypt.

目标小卫星比埃及的金字塔稍大一点。

The targeted moonlet is a little larger than one of the pyramids in Egypt.

目标卫星比一座埃及金字塔大一点。

OK. Wow. That's a lot so did you do the Pyramids in Egypt?

哇，你真是去过不少地方，你去埃及看金字塔了吗？

And it's even believed to have been used in building the Egyptian pyramids.

我们甚至认为它被运用到埃及金字塔的建造中。

The Great Wall of China, the Egyptian pyramids, Greek temples.

如中国长城、埃及金字塔、希腊神庙。

That may even be how ancient aliens Egyptians align the pyramids.

这甚至可能是古代外星人帮助埃及人排列金字塔的方式。

I believe that the pyramids in Egypt were built by aliens.

我相信埃及金字塔是外星人建造的。

For instance, you can say I was fascinated by the majestic pyramids in Egypt.

例如，你可以说我被埃及雄伟的金字塔迷住了。

Much smaller, although thousands of years older, is the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt.

尽管有数千历史，但是埃及吉萨金字塔要小很多。

These world-famous sites are equal to the pyramids in Egypt.

这些举世闻名的历史遗址可以和埃及的金字塔相媲美。

According to the production designers, they were inspired by Egyptian pyramids and also Aztec pyramids, and the ziggurats of Mesopotamia and the main palace, on closer inspection, is inspired by the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico.

制作团队说，他们的灵感来自于埃及金字塔、阿兹特克金字塔，以及美索不达米亚的通天塔和主宫殿，细看之下，主宫殿其实受到了墨西哥太阳金字塔的影响。

All they had were tools made of stone and wood, but they built humanity's first big construction project 7,000 years before the pyramids were built in Egypt.

他们所有的一切都由石头和木头所制成，但他们建造了人类的第一个大型建筑, ，比埃及的金字塔早了7000。

Some archaeological sites have always been easily observable for example, the Parthenon in Athens, Greece; the pyramids of Giza in Egypt; and the megaliths of Stonehenge in southern England.

有些考古遗址一直都很容易被观测到，如希腊雅典的帕提侬神庙、埃及的吉萨金字塔、英格兰南部的巨石阵。

Sometimes when we talk about wonders of the world, we're talking about big, famous buildings like the Great Wall of China or the pyramids in Egypt.

有时候， 当我们谈论世界奇观时，我们指的是那些宏伟、著名的建筑， 比如中国的长城或埃及的金字塔。

The Mesoamerican pyramids differ from those in Egypt as they feature a flat top and are more similar to The Step Pyramids of early Egypt.

中美洲金字塔与埃及金字塔不同，因为它们的特点是顶部平坦，更类似于早期埃及的阶梯金字塔。

A private research institute callled Paleotechnic is arguing that ancient Egyptians may have used a surprising tool to help build the pyramids: hydraulic lifts.

一家名为 Paleotechnic 的私人研究机构声称，古埃及人建造金字塔时可能使用了一种令人惊讶的工具来——液压升降机。