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In the Bible, Abraham was impressed by how well his future daughter-in-law Rebecca cared for their camels.
據圣經記載亞布拉罕對于他未來繼女瑞貝卡好生照料駱駝的美好心靈印象深刻。
The animals have long been a crucial part of life in the region, opening it to trade with lands as far as India.
駱駝一直以來都是這個地區的主要動物，而且正是駱駝打開了通往遙遠的印度的通商關口。
Camels were likely domesticated in the Arabian peninsula about three thousand years ago.
駱駝很可能在3000多年以前的阿拉伯半島上就被人類所馴化。
But archaeological evidence suggested that camels arrived in the Levant well after the biblical patriarchs, theoretically about 2,500 to 3,000 years ago.
但是考古學證據表明駱駝到達黎凡特地區的時間剛好是在圣經先祖出現之后，理論上推算大概是距今2500到3000年前。
Now, researchers have nailed that date.
而現在研究人員已經找到確切的時間點。
The finding is in the peer-reviewed publication Tel Aviv:Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.
這一發現已發表在特拉維夫的出版刊物《特拉維夫大學考古研究所雜志》上。
Israel’s oldest camel bones are found at ancient copper mines in the Arava Valley, between the Dead Sea and the gulf.
在位于死海和埃拉特海灣之間的阿拉瓦山谷中古老銅礦廢墟內最近發現了以色列最古老的駱駝遺骸。
The research team used radiocarbon dating and other techniques to precisely pin down the layers in which camel bones are found at a number of sites.
研究團隊采用了放射性碳同位素標記法及其它技術來對于駱駝骨架遺骸的地點進行精確地層定位。
The oldest domesticated camels at all sites dated to the last third of the 10th century B.C.E.
這些目前發現的最古老馴養駱駝的所有地點都能追溯到公元前第十世紀的最后三分之一時間段。
That date is centuries after the time of the Patriarchs.
這一日期可是在圣經先祖出現之后。
This analysis gives more support to the theory that Bible accounts were written down long after the events described might have occurred.
這項分析很有力的支持圣經所記載的都是發生很久之前的事件的這一觀點。
