In ancient China, they were used to carry ropes across rivers.

在中国古代，它们被用来携带绳索过河。

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In ancient China, people embroidered on dresses.

在中国古代，人们在衣服上刺绣。

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In ancient China, people used oil lamps at night.

在中国古代，人们晚上使用油灯。

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The precise modern calendar we take for granted has roots in ancient China, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Arabia and Rome.

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Travelling in ancient China was arduous.

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They join a number of other striking feathered dinosaurs found in ancient lake deposits in China and Germany, for which the presence of feathers is inferred by subtle markings on the fossil bones and wispy markings in the surrounding fossilised sediment.

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