不久前,考古学家在尼罗河三角洲地区发现了一间古埃及法老时期的玻璃厂。这一发现证明古埃及人已经掌握了初级的玻璃制造技术,并且把这种在当时极其宝贵的材料——玻璃通过地中海运送到其他地方。这家古代玻璃厂是在皮拉梅塞斯城发现的,这里曾经是埃及法老拉美西斯二世时期的都城。科学家通过一些属于那个时期(公元前1250年前后) 的古代器物,推想出当时的玻璃制作方法。首先,把压碎的 Not long ago, archaeologists discovered a pharaoh glassworks in the Nile Delta. This finding proves that the ancient Egyptians had mastered elementary glass-making techniques and transported the glass, which was then of great invaluableness, to the rest of the world through the Mediterranean Sea. This ancient glass factory was discovered in the city of Piraemezes, once the capital of Egypt’s Pharaoh Ramesses II. Scientists used some of the ancient artifacts belonging to that period (around 1250 BC) to figure out how the glass was made. First, put crushed