“阿拉伯之路”，揭开历史神秘面纱(1/2)

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“阿拉伯之路”展览会展出众多阿拉伯历史文物，早至新石器时代，晚至上世纪初，各类文物向世人展示了这个国家悠久的历史文化。
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"Roads of Arabia"
Smithsonian's Arthur Sackler Gallery
Saudi
Massumeh Farhad
Neolithic
Peninsula
Greece
Rome
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/702997"Roads of Arabia" opened at the Smithsonian's Arthur Sackler Gallery in a mood of celebration.
The exhibit, the first about Saudi culture in the U.S., showcases more than 300 objects ranging from ornate pottery and monumental statues, to the jewelry that adorned the remains of a young girl buried nearly 2,000 years ago.
Curator Massumeh Farhad says many have never been seen in Arabia, where they came from.
"Some of the earliest objects go back to the Neolithic period, like the sixth, seventh millennium B.C.. And I think the most recent ones date to the early 20th century."
The exhibit explores the Arabian Peninsula's past as a trade route for one of the most valuable commodities of the ancient world - incense. A collection of incense burners shows how the great temple civilizations, including Greece and Rome, relied on incense brought from Arabia.
The exhibit opens with three sandstone steles or grave markers from the fourth millennium B.C..
"I find something incredibly moving about that figure and, because on one hand he's extremely abstracted. He's only sort of defined by some very sort of, you know, crisp lines. But at the same time, there is so much sort of emotion and feeling in the figure."在节庆的气氛中，“阿拉伯之路”展览在史密森的亚瑟·赛克勒画廊正式开幕。
“阿拉伯之路”是美国首个以沙特文化为主题的展览。它展示了300多件展品，包括华丽的陶器，巨大的雕像，甚至还有年轻女孩尸身上的珠宝，距今已有两千多年的历史。
馆长马苏梅·法尔哈德说在这些来自阿拉伯地区的展品之中，有很多甚至在阿拉伯当地都没有展出过。
她说：“一些历史最为悠久的展品要追溯到新石器时代，比如公元前6至7千年。而离我们现在最近的也要回溯到20世纪初。”
这次的展览探究了阿拉伯半岛的过去。熏香是古时最为珍贵的商品之一，而阿拉伯半岛则是熏香商贸的必经之地。展览中也陈列了一些香炉，展示了希腊、罗马及其他庙宇文明对于阿拉伯熏香的依赖。
展览以3块公元前四千年被用作墓碑的砂岩石碑拉开序幕。
馆长还说：“在人物石像的刻画方面，我发现了引人入胜之处。一方面，石像中的人物是高度抽象的，严格上说，他只是几笔整齐的线条。但是另一方面，他也被赋予了丰富的感受和情绪。”