Statues were created not for their decorative effect but to play a primary role in the cults of the gods, the king, and the dead.

人们不是为了装饰效果而创作了这些雕像，而是为了它们能在祭祀神灵、国王和逝者这一方面发挥主要作用。

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We will never know for sure the truth about the Stone Age tribes people of Herxheim. We will never know their names, or the names of their gods, nor exactly why they ate their dead.

关于黑尔克斯·海姆地区石器时代的人类，我们永远无法揭开真相，我们也无法知道他们的名字，他们的神的名字，也无法准确理解他们嗜食同类的原因。

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The Book of the Dead was an illustrated guide to this landscape, as well as a survival kit of spells to repel dangers and get the gods on your side.

死亡之书既是一本带插图的地理指南，同时又是求生工具，用它可以对抗邪恶，祈求众神与你同在。

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Canaanite religious ritual took place in small temples that housed cultic statues. There were stone pillars, perhaps symbols of the gods, or memorials to the dead.

迦南的宗教仪式在小庙中进行,里面有宗教神像，有石柱，它们也许代表上帝也可能是祭奠死者。

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