Local folklore maintains that the statues walked, while researchers have tended to assume the ancestors dragged the statues somehow, using ropes and logs.

根据当地的民间传说，这些雕像会自己行走；而研究人员倾向于认为这些雕像是由他们的祖先用绳子和木头拖着走的。

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Gazda also believes that it's been a mistake to dismiss the Roman copies as copies for copy's sake and not to consider the Roman function and meaning of the statues.

加兹达也认同将这些罗马雕塑复制品当作单纯的复制品且不考虑其本身所具有的罗马特色的功能以及意义而将这些复制品处理掉是一个错误。

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The statues were hewn out of solid rock.

这些雕像是在实心岩石上凿出来的。

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And,I think they're a nice addition." Jackie,who works nearby, has seen the statues at different times of day.

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There are these enormous statues. One of the statues is the President Theodore Roosevelt on a horse, on horseback.

有很多巨大的雕塑。其中一个雕塑是西奥多•罗斯福总统骑在马背上。

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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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Fans will get a chance to see the statues when they are formally unveiled on Saturday.

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Even after he ran out of places to put the statues, Mr. Chung kept ordering more.

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Glasgow City Council plans to work with Historic Scotland to ensure the statues are conserved.

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