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And it's impossible not to think
我们不可能否认
that when people walked past here 3,500 years ago
三千五百年前 当人们经过这里的时候
that they, too, would have got
他们也理解了
what the message was intended to be.
这些雕像本想传达的讯息
This kind of bombastic, bare-chested display
这种浮夸而赤裸的展示
fits the picture we have of autocrats today.
符合我们现在对独裁者的印象
Impressive though such images are,
尽管这些画面令人震撼
I'm sure some ancient Egyptians would have found them as vulgar
我确信很多古埃及人都和我们一样
or as irritating as we might.
认为它们粗俗 无礼
But beyond the gates of the temple there's another set of statues
但除了神庙门口之外 还有一批雕像
whose power and purpose is harder to fathom.
它们的作用和目的就难以得知了
Deep inside, we're dominated
在神庙深处 我们被更多
by yet more vast images of Rameses
拉美西斯庞大的雕像所吸引
that can't be explained away as propaganda to the people.
这些雕像不像是对人民的宣传
Only those closest to the king
只有国王最亲近的人
were allowed into this part of the temple.
才能进入寺庙的这片区域
So what was the point of these towering statues?
那么这些高耸的石像又有什么意义呢
