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Behnazzz Posted 20 years ago
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man-made shaft

0Archaeologists were doing 00routine excavation work00 last year when they discovered what seemed to be a 01b00man-made shaft02b00. Earlier this month, they came across 01b00a hidden chamber02b00 01b00inside02b00 and on Friday, some of the stones blocking the entrance were removed, revealing a site 00hidden from the human eye00 for something like three thousand years. 02br
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00What are the meaning of the words in bold,please?02br
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00There are five wooden coffins inside the small chamber, 01b00with rather beautiful faces painted in reds and yellows, their bodies in black and yellow stripes to mimic bandages.02b00 At least one of the coffins is 00slightly ajar00, revealing 00a mummified corpse00 inside. 02br
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00What is the meaning of the whole sentence in bold?02br
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00Thanks:)0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Behnazzz12cite 12br 10Archaeologists were doing routine excavation work last year when they discovered what seemed to be a 11b 10man-made shaft12b 10. Earlier this month, they came across 11b 10a hidden chamber12b 10 11b 10inside12b 10 and on Friday, some of the stones blocking the entrance were removed, revealing a site hidden from the human eye for something like three thousand years. 12br 12br 11font 10a man-made shaft: a pole or rod which forms the handle of a tool or weapon (courtesy of Cambridge), made by man.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Behnazzz12cite 12br 10Archaeologists were doing routine excavation work last year when they discovered what seemed to be a 11b 10man-made shaft12b 10.
  • Earlier this month, they came across 11b 10a hidden chamber12b 10 11b 10inside12b 10 and on Friday, some of the stones blocking the entrance were removed, revealing a site hidden from the human eye for something like three thousand years.
  • 12br 12br 11font 10a man-made shaft: a pole or rod which forms the handle of a tool or weapon (courtesy of Cambridge), made by man.
  • 12b 10 At least one of the coffins is slightly ajar, revealing a mummified corpse inside.
  • 12br 12br 11font 10The coffins have a human shape; the colours used for the faces are different shades of reds and yellows, and the artist painted black and yellow stripes on the bodies to imitate bandages (mummies)12font 12br 12br 10Thanks:)12br 12br 12blockquote 10 0-
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10Archaeologists were doing routine excavation work last year when they discovered what seemed to be a 11b10man-made shaft12b10. Earlier this month, they came across 11b10a hidden chamber12b10 11b10inside12b10 and on Friday, some of th
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0They must be long and straight sticks (of wood), presumably used as spears/weapons.0-
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0"excavation work last year when they discovered what seemed to be a 01b00man-made shaft02b00. Earlier this month, they came across 01b00a hidden chamber02b00 01b00inside02b00 and on Friday, some of the stones blocking the entrance were removed,"02br
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