北京科技研究生英语unit2 when ancient artifact精品.ppt

Unit 2When Ancient Artifacts Become Political Pawns The Four Great Ancient Civilizations Ancient Egypt Ancient China Ancient India Ancient Babylon Seven wonders of the ancient world 1.埃及吉萨金字塔The Great Pyramid of Giza 2500 BC Approximate - Egyptians 2.奥林匹亚宙斯巨像 Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC - Greeks - Destroyed By Fire 3.阿泰密斯神庙 Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC - Anatolians - Destroyed By Fire 356 BC 4.摩索拉斯基陵墓 Mausoleum of Halicarnassus 315 BC - Hellenized Carians - Destroyed In Earthquake 5.亚历山大灯塔 Lighthouse of Alexandria 3rd Century BC - Hellenistic Civilization – Destroyed In Earthquake 6.巴比伦空中花园 Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC - Babylonians - Destroyed In Earthquake 7.罗德岛巨像Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC - Hellenistic Civilization - Destroyed 224 BC in Earthquake Background Knowledge Michael Kimmelman is an author and the chief art critic and a columnist for the New York Times. He was born and raised in Greenwich Village (New York City, the son of a physician and civil rights activist. He graduated summa cum laude（享有最高荣誉） from Yale College and received his graduate degree in art history from Harvard University. A classical pianist, who still performs, he started as a music critic at the paper, then moved into art. Nefertiti Nefertiti: (14th century B.C.) Queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton/ɑ:k?’nɑ:t?n/ (ruled 1352-1336 B.C.). She is known for her portrait bust found at Tell el-Amarna, the king’s new capital. She may have been an Asian princess from Mitanni(米坦尼王国). She appears with Akhenaton in reliefs at Tell el-Amarna and followed his new cult of the sun god Aton. Of her six daughters, two became queens of Egypt. In the 12th year of Akhenaton’s reign, she either retired after losing favor or died. Arguably, to those who are not very involved in the study of ancient Egypt, Queen Nefertiti is perhaps better known than her husband, the heretic(异教徒，持异端者) king Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV). It is said that even in the ancient world, her beauty was fa