谁建造了金字塔？

你好呀。

Hello there.

是的。

Yes.

又是我，你们超级秘密播客的超级侦探主持人。

It's me again, your super sleuth host of a super secret podcast.

今天的冒险带我们回到法老和金字塔的古老时代。

Today's adventure takes us back to the ancient days of the pharaohs and pyramids.

我读到，金字塔可以从埃及上空数千英里的飞机上看到。

I read that the pyramids can be seen from airplanes thousands of miles above Egypt.

但是，是谁建造了它们呢？

But like, who built them?

我有两个理论。

I have two theories.

巨型木乃伊还是外星人？

Giant mummies or aliens?

现在还真说不准，但今天我要调查清楚，弄个明白。

It's kind of a toss-up right now, but today I'll investigate to find out for sure.

我是卡莉·Q，这里是《谁、何时、哇——谜案版》。

I'm Carly Q, and this is Who, When, Wow Mystery Edition.

我们的过去广阔又狂野。

Our past is vast and wild.

很多事情

Many things have

造就了今天。

brought us to this day.

随着历史的编纂，大家早上好。

As history has been compiled, Good morning, everyone.

那天早上，屁股总部的每个人都特别安静。

Everyone at Butt Headquarters that morning was being so quiet.

到底发生什么事了？

What was going on?

大家，怎么了？

Everybody, what's going on?

你们看不出来吗？

Can't you see?

看不出来。

No.

我是说，看不出来。

I mean, no.

我只看到一大群同事围着一张桌子。

All I could see was a whole bunch of my coworkers crowded around a table.

我挤过人群，看到刘易斯在桌上搭纸牌屋。

I wormed my way through the crowd until I could see Lewis working at a table, building a house made of cards.

稳住。

Steady.

稳住。

Steady.

他已经搭好了底座，正在小心翼翼地一层一层往上叠牌，越叠越高。

He had a base built and was carefully layering one card above the other, going higher and higher.

已经叠了四层高了。

It was already four levels high.

我看到安珀，就走过去站在她旁边。

I saw Amber and went to stand beside her.

安珀，刘易斯在干什么？

Amber, what is Lewis doing?

刘易斯进入了

Lewis made it to

地区纸牌搭房子锦标赛，所以他正在练习。

the regional house of card building championship, so he's practicing.

纸牌搭房子锦标赛？

Card building championships?

还有这种比赛？

That's a thing?

卡莉，小声点。

Carly, keep her voice down.

我已经搭到第四层了，我需要集中注意力。

I'm on level four, and I need to focus.

好的。

Okay.

我只是问问而已。

I was just I was asking.

就是说，这是一种非常特别的技能，我从来没想过会有……

Like, that is a super specific kind of skill, and I never imagined that there would be

卡莉，别说话了。

Carly, stop talking.

你现在让我压力很大。

You are making me very stressed out right now.

不。

No.

不。

No.

不。

No.

我

I'm

现在就去我的办公桌那边。

gonna go head down to my desk right now.

那些文件不会自己整理好。

Those files aren't gonna file themselves.

那跟我没关系。

Didn't have anything to do with that.

不是我。

Wasn't me.

哎呀。

Whoops.

好的。

Okay.

所以那气氛挺尴尬的。

So that was a pretty bad vibe.

我觉得刘易斯的反应有点过激了。

I thought Lewis' reaction was kinda extreme.

我是说，再搭个纸牌屋有多难呢？

I mean, how hard is it to just build another house of cards?

反正，我还有事要忙。

Anyway, I had things to do.

又是整天往系统里录入数据。

Another full day of entering data into the system.

你知道的，我在地下室的日子就是这么轻松愉快。

You know, all fun and games for me in the basement.

喂？

Hello?

有人在那儿吗？

Is somebody there?

喂？

Hello?

奇怪。

Strange.

我好像听到了什么声音。

I thought I heard something.

最近我怎么老是听到奇怪的声音？

Why am I hearing things lately?

是不是我工作太累了？

Is it possible that I'm working too hard?

绝对不是。

Definitely not.

自从我发现了那张写着有人在监视我的神秘纸条后，我就一直觉得心里发毛。还好，只是虚惊一场，是你啊，我太高兴了。

Ever since I found that mysterious note that said someone was watching me, I've been more creeped out Luckily, than it was just nibbles I this am so glad it's you.

说实话，你今天可能是我唯一的朋友了。

You honestly might be my only friend today.

我觉得刘易斯怪我毁了他的纸牌屋。

I think Lewis blames me for ruining his house of cards.

那肯定不是我的错，对吧？

There is no way that it was my fault, right?

我的意思是，我走路很轻，说话也不大声。

I mean, I am very light on my feet and I do not speak very loudly.

我大多数时候都是用那种中等的室内音量说话，你可以这么说。

I'm mostly always speaking at a kind of neutral indoor voice, you could call it.

对。

Yeah.

好。

Okay.

我最好开始干活了。

I better get to work.

希望我能找到点有趣的东西。

Let's hope I find something interesting.

我开始工作了，但脑子里一直想着刘易斯。

I got to work, but the whole time my mind kept going back to Lewis.

有意思。

Interesting.

我不是故意要打扰他的。

I didn't mean to distract him.

说真的，再搭一次纸牌屋能有多难？

Really, how hard can it be to build a house of cards again?

你知道，那很容易。

You know, just That is easy.

把它们叠起来。

Stack them.

对吧？

Right?

有意思。

Of interesting.

一张叠一张。

One on top of the other.

幸好，就在这时——我们发现了什么？

Luckily, just then What do we have?

一个尘封已久的谜团，来得正是时候。

A time sealed mystery just in time.

我正需要点别的事来分散注意力，别老想着自己毁了刘易斯的人生。

I really needed a distraction from feeling like I'd ruined Lewis' life.

你猜怎么着？

You got?

事件。

Event.

埃及吉萨古城。

Ancient city of Giza, Egypt.

金字塔，公元前两千五百五十年到两千四百九十年。

Pyramids Two thousand five hundred and fifty and twenty four ninety BCE.

法老。

Pharaohs.

它们的建造是个谜。

Their construction Mystery.

哦，一个谜。

Oh, a mystery.

我现在就能解开。

I can solve it right now.

显然是外星人。

Aliens, obviously.

看看他能告诉我们什么。

Let's see what h can tell us.

得在这里输入关键词。

Gotta enter the keywords here.

埃及、金字塔和法老。

Egypt, pyramids, and pharaohs.

吉萨的大金字塔被认为是古代世界最重要的考古遗迹之一。

The Great Pyramids at Giza are considered some of the most important archaeological elements of the ancient world.

哦，我喜欢古代的东西。

Oh, I like ancient.

大金字塔建于公元前2560年，距今将近4000年，是古代世界七大奇迹之一。

The Great Pyramid, which dates back to twenty five sixty BCE, almost 4,000 years ago, is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

排第几？

Which number?

我很好奇。

I wonder.

事实上，它是唯一仍然屹立不倒的奇迹。

In fact, it is the only wonder that is still standing.

它有4000年历史了？

And it's 4,000 years old?

哇。

Wow.

差不多有4000年的历史了。

Almost 4,000 years old.

对。

Yep.

嗯嗯。

Uh-uh.

当然。

Of course.

我就是这么说的。

That's what I said.

鉴于它们的巨大规模，考古学家和工程师们至今仍在争论金字塔究竟是如何建造的。

Given their massive size, archaeologists and engineers are still debating exactly how the pyramids were constructed.

外星人，古代外星人，或者木乃伊，但是但是像巨大的木乃伊或者巨大的外星木乃伊。

Aliens, ancient aliens, or mummies, but but like giant mummies or giant alien mummies.

大金字塔坐落在尼罗河附近，非常宏伟。

The Great Pyramid stands near the Nile River and is colossal.

它的底座每边长756英尺，高450英尺。

Its base is 756 feet on each side and it stands at 450 feet high.

它由超过200万块石块组成，这些石块紧密地拼接在一起。

It is made of over 2,000,000 stone blocks all assembled and fitted tightly together.

哎呀，哎呀，

Well, well,

哎呀。

well.

这不是卡莉·Q吗，世界毁灭者。

If it isn't Carly Q, destroyer of worlds.

你在读什么呢？

What are you reading about?

嗨，路易斯。

Hi, Louis.

我在研究吉萨大金字塔，想弄清楚它是怎么建成的。

I'm researching the Great Pyramid Of Giza, trying to figure out how it was built.

我怀疑有没有人分散了建筑工人的注意力。

Doubt anyone distracted the builders.

对。

Right.

总之，光是大金字塔就有两百万块石头。

Anyway, 2,000,000 blocks of stone are in the Great Pyramid alone.

我是说，外星人是怎么把它们堆起来、搬起来、举起来的？

I mean, how did the aliens stack them and then move them and lift them?

他们是不是有什么飞船，能发射光束下来？

Did they have some kind of spaceship that beamed down?

谁？

Who?

外星人啊。

The aliens.

外星人。

Aliens.

注意听，刘易斯。

Pay attention, Lewis.

他们是怎么完成这项工作的？

How did they get the job done?

让我想想。

Let me think.

我敢打赌他们必须集中精力，为了帮他们，其他人都保持安静。

I bet they had to focus, and to help them out, everyone else kept things pretty quiet.

好了，我们明白了。

Okay, we get it.

抱歉，在你搭纸牌屋的时候，我用人类的肺呼吸了。

Sorry I breathed from my human lungs while you were building your house of cards.

这没什么大不了的。

It is not that big of of a deal.

对我来说这可是大事。

It's a big deal to me.

地区锦标赛就要来了，我还没把三层技巧练到完美呢。

The regional championships are coming up and I still haven't perfected my triple decker technique.

想不想溜进电梯，看看真正怎么建东西？

Wanna sneak into the elevator and see how to really build something?

也许吧。

Maybe.

我们要去哪儿？

Where are we heading?

古埃及。

Ancient Egypt.

哦，

Oh,

你要回到古埃及去。

you're going back to ancient Egypt.

那我肯定要去。

I am so there.

我之前错过了。

I missed out on it before.

哦，对，你当时是不是有医生预约什么的？

Oh yeah, you had a doctor's appointment or something?

其实是手部按摩。

Hand massage, actually.

卢西安简直是妙手回春。

Lucian is a miracle worker.

我的掌骨从来没这么放松过。

My metacarpals never felt so relaxed.

我说真的，不骗你。

I'm not even kidding.

那太好了，这次你能跟我们一起去。

Well, I'm glad you can come with us this time.

我也是。

Me too.

谁知道呢？

Who knows?

也许我能学到一些搭建技巧。

Maybe I can pick up a few building tips.

我不知道我的纸牌屋到底哪里出了问题，但每次搭到第四层的时候，它们就塌了。

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with my card houses, but when I get to that fourth Story, they just collapse.

尤其是你在场的时候。

Especially if you're in the room.

我同意，尼布斯。

I agree, Nibbles.

他应该带我走出这个困境。

He should lead me out of this.

来吧，你们两个。

Come on, both of you.

注意了，笨蛋和来得正好。

Attention, butthead and Perfect timing.

去电梯那边。

To the elevator.

尼布尔，到后面的床上去。

Nimble into the back bed.

索尔兹伯里失误了。

Salisbury mistake.

你没听错。

You heard that right.

本来应该是索尔兹伯里安全的地方，但有人知道了。

It was supposed to be Salisbury safe, but somebody knew.

嘿，卡莉·Q。

Hey there, Carly Q.

你今天要去哪儿？

Where are you heading today?

嘿，奥迪。

Hey, Odie.

你觉得你能把我们送回古埃及吗？

You think you could send us back to ancient Egypt?

具体来说，是公元前两千五百年？

Specifically to two thousand five hundred BCE?

四千年前？

Four thousand years ago?

差不多四千年前。

Almost 4,000 ago.

所以我

So I

猜你是要去看金字塔了。

guess you're going to check out the pyramids.

希望她别把金字塔弄塌了。

Hopefully she doesn't cause them to fall.

刘易斯，冷静点。

Lewis, calm down.

我们想搞清楚他们当年到底是怎么建成的。

We're trying to figure out exactly how they built them all those years ago.

我是说，他们怎么可能有技术切割和搬运超过两百万块石头呢？

I mean, how could they have the technology to cut and move more than 2,000,000 stones?

让我猜猜。

Let me guess.

你觉得是外星人干的。

You think it's aliens.

猜对了。

Bingo.

或者是巨型木乃伊。

Or giant mummies.

但说实话，我这么一说，听起来挺荒谬的。

But actually, that sounds ridiculous when I say it out loud.

外星人这个说法更合理，但我需要证据。

Aliens is much more logical, but I need proof.

好吧，各位，请进电梯。

Well, get into the elevator, my friends.

记住，最高的塔和最矮的棚屋都是用同样的方式建成的，一次一块砖。

And just remember, the tallest tower and the smallest shack are both built the same way, one brick at a time.

关于纸牌，你有什么高见吗？

Do you have any wise words about cards?

我们走出来，外面阳光明媚，一片广阔的沙漠，眼前矗立着一座巨大的建筑。

We stepped out into a bright, sunny day in a vast desert to find a massive structure in front of us.

那是金字塔的底座，大概只有六层楼那么高。

It was the base of the pyramid, and it was only about six levels high.

到处都是成千上万的人，有的在交谈，有的在干活，有的在搬运。

There were thousands of people everywhere talking, working, lifting.

哇。

Woah.

古埃及，公元前两千五百年，对吧？

Ancient Egypt, two thousand five hundred BCE, right?

太不可思议了。

Incredible.

看看这建筑。

Look at the construction.

看看他们是怎么搬运那块石头的。

Look how they're hauling that stone.

哦，那石头肯定有一吨重。

Oh, it must weigh a ton.

看看那些拉绳子的男人。

Look at all those men pulling on the ropes.

他们是人类，对吧？

They are humans, right?

你没看出他们有什么外星人的特征吗？

You don't see anything extraterrestrial about any of them?

他们头上没有伸出来的天线，也没有大耳朵或者玻璃般的大眼睛？

No antennae sticking out of their heads or giant ears or big glassy eyes?

哦，他们确实是人类。

Oh, they're people, alright.

百分之百的智人，

100% homo sapiens,

而且和你年纪差不多，

and about your age,

可能稍微高一点，戴着时髦的头巾，穿着漂亮的凉鞋。

maybe a little taller, wearing stylish head wraps and nice sandals.

尼布斯，你怎么对古埃及人这么了解？

Nibs, how do you know so much about ancient Egyptians?

因为他们中的一个正朝这边走来。

Because one of them is walking over here.

哦。

Oh.

你好。

Hello.

你们是新来的工人吗？

Are you the new workers?

你们的船什么时候到的？

When did your boat arrive?

不是。

No.

我们不是。

We're not.

我们是……

We're

是的。

Yes.

是的。

Yes.

是的，我们是。

We are.

对吧，刘易斯？

Right, Lewis?

嗯，

Well,

我们是工人，而且我们现在就在工作。

We're workers, and we are at work.

算是吧。

Kind of.

太好了。

Excellent.

我是很多人。

I am a many.

我被派到尼罗河岸边等新来的工人队伍。

I was sent to the Nile Riverbank to wait for the new crew of workers.

那是一只老鼠吗？

So is that a mouse?

嘿。

Hey.

哎哟。

Ow.

没什么。

Nothing.

我赶紧把零食塞进背包里。

I quickly stuffed nibbles down in my backpack.

埃门尼看着我们，就像我们刚从外星来的一样。

Emmeni was looking at us like we'd just landed from a different planet.

就在那时，我意识到电梯上的衣柜转换器又出问题了。

And that's when I realized that the wardrobe converter on the elevator elevator was acting up again.

我不知道他看到我穿着牛仔裤和抓绒衫会怎么想，但我知道一件事。

I don't know what he thought of me in my jeans and fleece sweatshirt, but I do know one thing.

当时已经变得相当热了。

It was getting pretty hot.

那招真厉害。

That was an impressive trick.

你从哪里来？

Where are you from?

我认不出你的衣服。

I don't recognize your clothing.

你是哪个部落的？

What is your tribe?

你是从沙漠那边的土地来的吗？

Is it from the land beyond the desert?

我们来自一个遥远的部落，叫巴塔多尼亚。

We are from a faraway tribe called Bataedonia.

我们是作为朋友来的。

We are here as friends.

我们被派来为你们建造金字塔送上美好的祝愿。

We were sent to bring you good wishes on your construction of the pyramids.

我们也想了解一下你们是怎么完成这项工程的。

We are also trying to learn about how you are undertaking this task.

你们部落里的人都是这样说话的吗？

Does everyone in your tribe speak this way?

不是。

Nope.

只有他这样。

Just him.

他是部落的吉祥物。

He's the tribe mascot.

哦。

Ah.

嗯，是的。

Well, yes.

大家都很好奇我们是怎么建造这些金字塔的。

Everyone is curious about how we are building these pyramids.

他们在我出生之前就开始建造了。

They've been working on them since before I was born.

那具体是谁在建造呢？

And who specifically is working on them?

我们啊。

We are.

你没看到我们都在干活吗？

Don't you see us all working?

我看到了成千上万的人，还有大量的滑轮、绳子、石头和凿子，但你们是怎么想出这个主意的？

I see thousands of men and lots of pulleys and ropes and stones and chisels, but but how did you come up with the idea for this?

比如说，这是谁的主意？

Like, whose idea was this?

当然是法老的主意了。

The pharaoh's idea, of course.

为了他的荣耀而建。

Built for his glory.

建筑师。

Architect.

对了。

There we go.

建筑师。

Architect.

我一直在找这个词。

That's the word I was looking for.

就是设计建筑、制定工人遵循的图纸的那个人。

The person who designs the building and makes the plan that the workers follow.

但我怎么问建筑师的事才不会显得可疑呢？

But how was I going to ask about the architect without seeming suspicious?

我们想知道的是，谁是那个……

What what we're wondering is we're wondering who is the

哦，我得走了。

Oh, I have to go.

是我爸爸在叫我。

That's my father calling me.

他是首席建筑师。

He's the head architect.

哦，那还挺容易的。

Oh, well, was pretty easy.

我和刘易斯跟着他，背包里还藏着那些小零食。

Lewis and I followed him with nibbles still tucked away in my backpack.

他们是从哪儿找来这么多人在这儿工作的？

Where did they find all these people to work here?

我其实觉得这些人可能是

I actually think these might

被奴役的人，卡莉。

be enslaved people, Carly.

他们可能没有

They might not have

选择。

a choice.

我也在想这个问题。

I wondered.

也许法老们做了可怕的事情，强迫人们去建造金字塔。

Maybe the pharaohs had done horrific things and forced people to work on the pyramids.

我决定去问HDAD，弄清楚这件事。

I decided to ask HDAD to find out.

那是我的尾巴，卡莉。

That's my tail, Carly.

打扰一下，我需要HDAD。

Excuse me, but I need HDAD.

然后它就出现了。

And there it is.

让我把这个输进去。

Just let me type this in.

吉萨大金字塔，奴隶。

Great Pyramid, Giza, enslaved people.

虽然人们普遍认为金字塔建造期间奴隶是被强迫劳动的，但最近的考古研究提出了新的理论，认为实际上雇佣的是技术工人。

Although it has been common believed that enslaved people were forced into labor during the construction of the pyramids, recent research by archaeologists has led to the theory that skilled laborers were actually hired and used.

这是因为考古学家在金字塔附近发现了许多金字塔工人的特殊墓葬，这是一种荣誉的象征。

This is because there were special tombs found for many pyramid laborers built close to the pyramids themselves, a sign of honor.

好的。

Okay.

嗯，这是个好消息。

Well, that's good news.

哦，看。

Oh, look.

看。

Look.

看。

Look.

看。

Look.

看。

Look.

看。

Look.

看。

Look.

看。

Look.

它应该这样滑吗？

It supposed to slide like that?

看起来不太妙。

That doesn't look good.

哦，不。

Oh, no.

那些绳子在滑。

Those ropes are slipping.

这不会有好结果的。

This is not gonna end well.

让我想起我的车。

Flashbacks to my car.

它要塌了。

It's collapsing.

刘易斯。

Lewis.

我都有心理阴影了。

I have PTSD.

刘易斯是

Lewis is

不是一回事。

not the same thing.

这绝对更糟糕。

This is unequivocally worse.

完全一样。

It's exactly the same.

让我看看。

Let me see.

我

I

想我们看着一块巨大的石头从撞击坡道上滚下来，碎成了无数片。

want We watched as a massive stone tumbled down the ramp of the crash, just breaking into thousands of pieces.

算了。

Never mind.

阿梅尼跑回了我们站的地方。

Ammeni ran back to where we were standing.

虽然我们离得远，但碎石扬起的灰尘还是弥漫在空气里。

And even though we were far, the dust from the broken rock filled the air.

太好了。

Great.

现在我们得休息一下，等灰尘落定再说。

Now we have to take a break until the dust settles.

灰尘不散，你什么都看不清，也干不了什么。

You can't see or do much until it does.

看来今天真的没什么活儿给你干了。

It looks like we won't have any work for you today after all.

这种情况经常发生吗？

Does that happen a lot?

不。

No.

不太会。

Not really.