英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2023/10/24 05:30
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Vikings had windows, meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass, Danish researchers said Thursday. The glass panes can be dated from long before the churches and castles of the Middle Ages, they said.

丹麥研究人員週四表示，維京人時代就有窗戶，這意味著諾曼人（維京人）的要人坐在被玻璃孔照亮的房間裡。他們說，這些玻璃窗格的歷史，可以追溯到中世紀的教堂和城堡。

“This is yet another shift away from the image of unsophisticated barbaric Vikings swinging their swords around,” said Mads Dengsø Jessen, a senior researcher with the National Museum in Copenhagen.

哥本哈根國家博物館高級研究員麥斯‧鄧瑟‧耶森表示：「與單純的野蠻維京人揮舞著劍的形象相比，這又是另一個轉變。」

Over the past 25 years, archeologists have found glass fragments in six excavations in southern Sweden, Denmark and northern Germany.

過去25年來，考古學家在瑞典南部、丹麥和德國北部的6次發掘中，發現了玻璃碎片。

In Copenhagen, 61 fragments of glass panes have been analyzed and researchers concluded that the pieces of glass can be dated from long before the churches and castles of the Middle Ages and that Vikings had windows with glass panes between 800 and 1100. The Viking Age is considered to be from 793 to 1066.

在哥本哈根，對61塊玻璃窗格的碎片進行分析，研究人員得出的結論是，這些玻璃碎片的歷史，可追溯到中世紀教堂和城堡之前很久，而且維京人在西元800至1100年間就有了帶有玻璃窗格的窗戶。維京時代是被認為是從西元793年到1066年。

新聞辭典
barbaric：形容詞，野蠻的、粗俗的、殘忍的。例句：He found the idea of killing animals for pleasure barbaric.（他認為，為了取樂而獵殺動物的想法非常殘忍。）

dignitary：名詞，顯貴、要人；形容詞，地位尊榮的；顯貴的。例句：Several foreign dignitaries attended the ceremony.（幾位外國要人出席該項儀式。）

英倫翻譯轉自 https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1611532