The dog was discovered in a pit on the Hallaton Treasure site, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, which became Britain's largest find of Iron Age coins when it was excavated in 2000.
这只狗是在哈拉顿宝藏遗址的一个坑里被发掘的,就在莱斯特郡的哈布罗集市旁边,这个遗址在2000年时被发现,是英国铁器时代最大的宝藏遗址。
But now, archaeologists have unearthed the skeleton of what is believed to be Britain's oldest guard dog, which was sacrificed to protect a hoard of buried treasure.
而现在,考古学家们发掘出了被认为是迄今为止英国最古老的护卫犬骨架,他为了保护一批埋藏在地下的宝藏而牺牲了自己。
Instead of treasure, all Jimmy had was a dog bone, a hole, and a big pile of dirt to fill it in with.
吉米所得到的仅仅是一块狗啃的骨头,一个坑还有一大堆土,而不是财宝。
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