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A logistical challenge, made possible by a single invention,
有一項發明解決了一大后勤挑戰
The key to most of the achievements of mankind:
這項發明也是人類最偉大成就之一
Writing.
那就是文字
Imagine that you're trying to organize
想象一下你要組織
20 to 30,000 men,
二十到三萬個人
the only way to do that is to write stuff down.
唯一的辦法就是把相關事項寫下來
Developed 5,000 years ago in the Middle East,
文字的出現始于五千年前的中東地區
Writing is an extension of the human brain.
是人類大腦的一種延伸
We can speak to each other over distance and across time.
我們彼此之間的溝通從此可以穿越時空
Hemiunu's vision brings together
海米昂的卓識遠見把這股前所未有的勞動力
a workforce never seen before.
集結在一起
You had to quarry move and place a block
你必須每兩到三分鐘從采石場搬一塊石頭
every two to three minutes to complete that structure
將其放在指定位置 構筑成形
in a 10-hour work day, it's insane!
每天工作十小時 這簡直是瘋了!
It takes 20 years and two million blocks of stone,
這項工程歷時二十年 耗用兩百萬塊石頭
Each weighing more than a pickup truck,
每塊都比一輛小卡車要重
Lifted four hundred feet above the ground.
還要把它搬到離地四百英尺高的地方
Workers organized into competing gangs.
工人們被分為一個個互相競爭的團隊
