1·The mathematics of ancient Egypt were based on a decimal system.
古埃及数学以十进制为基础。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt.
现代猫的直系物种原型是古代埃及的卡菲尔猫。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek civilization.
我们花了一周时间游览古希腊文明的奇观。
4·Chopsticks are highly praised by Westerners as a hallmark of ancient oriental civilization.
筷子被西方人高度赞扬为古代东方文明的标志。
5·This week, the resident exhibition is a display of ancient wall paintings on loan from Australia.
本周的常驻展览展示的是从澳大利亚借调的古代壁画。
6·How do you connect to other aspects of ancient Chinese culture, such as Daoist ideas of yin-yang?
你如何将中国古代文化的其他方面联系起来，比如道教的阴阳思想?
7·With its vivid description of the life of ancient Chinese people, the book will be of interest to a wide range of readers.
因其对中国古人生活的生动描写，这本书将会吸引一大批的读者。
8·Archaeologists know that mounds such as these are the kinds of geological features that indicate the presence of ancient settlements.
考古学家知道，像这样的土堆是能表明有古代定居点存在的地质特征。
9·A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct species.
一项针对古代和现代大象的研究得出一个出人意料的结论：非洲大象已经分化成两个不同的物种。
10·And some people take this a step further, and they hypothesize that this migration actually provided an important impetus in the development of ancient Egypt.
有些人对这方面做了进一步的研究，并假设这次的迁移实际上为古埃及的发展提供了一个重要的动力。