It was about 5000 years ago, even before the first Egyptian pyramid that some amazing Neolithic monuments—tombs, were erected at various sites around Ireland, Great Britain and coastal islands nearby.

大约5000年前，甚至在第一个埃及金字塔建成之前，一些令人惊叹的新石器时代的遗迹——坟墓，就已经在爱尔兰、英国和附近的沿海岛屿的不同地方搭建起来了。

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These contrasted strangely with the savages he met on some of the coastal islands.

他们与他在海岸岛屿上见到的野蛮人形成奇妙的对照。

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Even the coastal islands are the remains of a mountain range that existed thousands of years ago.

甚至那些沿海的岛屿都是那些存在于千万年前的山脉的遗迹。

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