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A logistical challenge, made possible by a single invention,
有一项发明解决了一大后勤挑战
The key to most of the achievements of mankind:
这项发明也是人类最伟大成就之一
Writing.
那就是文字
Imagine that you're trying to organize
想象一下你要组织
20 to 30,000 men,
二十到三万个人
the only way to do that is to write stuff down.
唯一的办法就是把相关事项写下来
Developed 5,000 years ago in the Middle East,
文字的出现始于五千年前的中东地区
Writing is an extension of the human brain.
是人类大脑的一种延伸
We can speak to each other over distance and across time.
我们彼此之间的沟通从此可以穿越时空
Hemiunu's vision brings together
海米昂的卓识远见把这股前所未有的劳动力
a workforce never seen before.
集结在一起
You had to quarry move and place a block
你必须每两到三分钟从采石场搬一块石头
every two to three minutes to complete that structure
将其放在指定位置 构筑成形
in a 10-hour work day, it's insane!
每天工作十小时 这简直是疯了!
It takes 20 years and two million blocks of stone,
这项工程历时二十年 耗用两百万块石头
Each weighing more than a pickup truck,
每块都比一辆小卡车要重
Lifted four hundred feet above the ground.
还要把它搬到离地四百英尺高的地方
Workers organized into competing gangs.
工人们被分为一个个互相竞争的团队
