Episode 29 - Olmec stone mask

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Olmec stone mask [əulmek ] The Olmec were a каменная маска
Pre-Columbian Ольмеков.
civilization living in Ольме́ки — название
the tropical lowlands племени,
of south-central упоминающееся в
Mexico, near the ацтекских
modern-day cities of исторических
Veracruz and хрониках; но вряд ли
Tabasco. The mask of правомерно
this tribe применять его для
обозначения
цивилизации,
существовавшей на
несколько столетий
раньше. Название
дано условно, по
одному из
небольших племен,
живших на этой
территории
Pendant ['pendənt] a piece of jewellery подвеска
that hangs from a
chain around your
neck
deity ['deɪɪtɪ] a god божество, бог
piercings ['pɪəsɪŋ] the practice of having прокол, укол
a hole made through a
part of your body so
that you can put
jewellery in it
glyphs [ɡlɪfs] written words or глифы, специальные
symbols that are наборные знаки
difficult to read or
understand
the Mayans The Maya is a Ма́йя —
Mesoamerican цивилизация
civilization, noted for Центральной
the only known fully Америки, известная
developed written благодаря своей
language of the pre- письменности,
Columbian Americas, искусству,
as well as its art, архитектуре,
architecture, and математической и
mathematical and астрономической
astronomical systems. системам

Aztecs The Aztec people Ацте́ки (асте́ки)

 were certain ethnic (самоназв.
groups of central mēxihcah) —
Mexico. Aztec индейская
(Aztecatl) is the народность в
Nahuatl word for центральной
"people from Aztlan", Мексике.
a mythological place Численность свыше
for the Nahuatl- 1,5 млн человек.
speaking culture of Цивилизация
the time, and later ацтеков (XIV—XVI
adopted as the word to века) обладала
define the Mexica богатыми
people. мифологией и
культурным
наследием. Столицей
империи ацтеков
был город
Теночтитлан,
расположенный на
озере Тескоко
(Тешкоко)
(исп. Texcoco), там,
где сейчас
располагается город
Мехико.

stepped-temples [stept templs] a building used for ступенчатый храм

worship in some
religions, typically
religions other than
Christianity in which
it is a flat piece of
wood or stone, usually
one in a series, that
you walk up or down
in order to move to a
different level
ceremonial ball game [ˌserɪ'məunɪəl bɔːl a ceremonial event церемониальное
geɪm] follows a formal or место действия
traditional pattern in a
special place
flecked [flekt] with small spots of покрывать пятнами,
colour крапинками

streaks [striːks] a line or long mark on Полосы

something that is a
different colour from
the colour
surrounding it

'serpentine' ['sɜːp(ə)ntaɪn] full of bends and змеевидный;

twists извивающийся,
 извилистый
ritually scarred a mark remaining after Ритуально
['rɪtjuəlɪ [skɛət] the healing of a wound рубцеватый
in a formal ceremony
the mother culture - the First step of involving Культура-прародитель
'cultura madre' cultural skills in society
continuity [ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːəti] a situation in which неразрывность
something happens or
exists for a long time
without stopping or
changing
mapped the heavens [mæpt ðə ˈhev(ə)ns] to find the position of Исследовали небесное
something, or to find the пространство
positions of the parts of
something in the sky
gum trees [ɡʌm triː] a eucalyptus tree эвкалипт
radiocarbon dating [ˌreɪdɪəu'kɑːb(ə)n is a radiometric dating Радиоуглеро́дный
'deɪtɪŋ] method that uses the ана́лиз 
naturally occurring
radioisotope carbon-14
to determine the age of
carbonaceous materials
up to about 58,000 to
62,000 years
heir [ɛə] someone who will наследник
receive money,
property, or a title when
another person dies
Mestizo a traditional term used Мети́сы (фр. métis, от
to denote people of позднелат. misticius —
combined Indigenous смешанный, от лат.
American and European misceo —
ancestry. смешиваю) —
потомки от
межрасовых браков. В
антропологическом
отношении метисы
обычно занимают
промежуточное
положение между
смешивающимися
расами. Это смесь
одной расы с другой.
В Америке метисами
называют потомков от
браков европеоидов и
индейцев.

Iberian Iberian refers to Iberia, древнее название

which has two basic Восточной Грузии
meanings, the disused, (Картли),
 of Caucasian Iberia упоминаемое
(corresponding roughly античными и
to modern-day византийскими
Georgia), and the авторами.
modern sense of
someone or something
originating in the
Iberian Peninsula,
namely from Portugal
and Spain.
Moorish Something that is Мавры
Moorish belongs to or
is characteristic of the
Muslim civilization in
North Africa and
Spain between the 8th
and the 15th century
A.D. 
priestly rituals ['priːstlɪ 'rɪtjuəlz] a formal ceremony священнический
relating to the life and ритуал
work of a priest
headdress ['heddres] a decorated piece of что-л., надеваемое
clothing that someone на голову;
wears on their head (нарядный) головной
убор
cardinal points of the ['kɑːdɪn(ə)l pɔɪnt ɔv very important issue Важнейший пункт
compass ðə 'kʌmpəs] of limit or range ограничений

pivotal world axis ['pɪvət(ə)l wɜːld an imaginary line Центральная ось

'æksɪs] through the middle of Земли
an object such as a
planet, round which it
seems to spin
extremely important
and affecting how
something develops

'Lord of the double an individual who has «Король двойной

scroll facial marking спирали» отметки на
лице
incision [ɪn'sɪʒ(ə)n] a cut made into the надрезание
body with a knife,
usually during a
medical operation
Пуссета (серьга-
stud [stʌd] a large-headed piece гвоздик)
of metal that pierces
and projects from a
 surface, especially for
decoration
plug [plʌg] a piece of solid Пробка, затычка.
material fitting tightly
into a hole and
blocking it up
dissolve [dɪˈzɒlv] become or cause to растворяться
become incorporated
into a liquid so as to
form a solution
cranial deformation ['kreɪnɪəl ˌdiːfɔː Deformation of the Деформация черепа.
ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] skull, especially the
part enclosing the
brain.
ear of corn [ɪə ɔv kɔːn] the grain -bearing tip Початок кукурузы
part of the stem of
corn
Decipherment [dɪˈsʌɪfə mənt] the analysis of Дешифровка
documents written in
ancient languages,
where the language is
unknown, or
knowledge of the
language has been lost
the Gulf of Mexico [ðə gʌlf ɔv meksɪkəu] is the ninth largest Мексиканский залив
body of water in the
world. It is a partially
landlocked ocean
basin largely
surrounded by the
North American
continent and the
island of Cuba. It is
bounded on the
northeast, north and
northwest by the Gulf
Coast of the United
States, on the
southwest and south
by Mexico, and on the
southeast by Cuba
Teotihuacan an enormous Теотиуакан
[teɪˌəʊtɪwəˈkɑːn] archaeological site in
the Basin of Mexico,
containing some of the
largest pyramidal
structures built in the
pre-Columbian
Americas.