公元前

这骨架的年代为公元前2000年左右。

The skeleton has been dated at about 2000 BC .

这种仪式是从公元前遗留下来的。

The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times .

这枚胸针的历史可以追溯到公元前4世纪。

The brooch dates back to the fourth century BC .

中国早在公元前3,000年就已开始采用针灸疗法。

Acupuncture was practised in China as long ago as the third millennium BC

该剧于公元前411年首演。

This play was first performed in 411 BC

到公元前1世纪时，佛教面临着被分化成一些小派别的危险。

By the first century BC , Buddhism was in danger of fragmenting into small sects .

秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C.

他死于公元前33年。

He died in 33 B.C.

中国战国时代范蠡所著《养鱼经》是世界上最早的养鱼文献。范在公元前473年即开始养殖鲤鱼，并写下这本书。

“ The Classics on Fish Breeding ”, written by Fan Li of the Warring States Period ( 475 B.C. - 221B . C. ), was the world 's first book on fish breeding . Fan started to breed silver carp in 473B . C. , and the book was based on his experience .

阿基米德活跃于公元前三世纪；阿基米德是公元前三世纪的人。

Archimedes flourished in the3rd century B.C.

这一传统可以追溯到公元前300年，后来被融入基督教文化中。

The tradition , dating back to 300 B.C. , was later incorporated into the Christian church .

他出生于公元前551年。

He was born in the year 551 B. C.

这个节日早在战国时期（公元前475-221年）就开始了。

The festival started as early as the Warring States Period ( 475 — 221 BC ) .

它还有一段令人赞叹的历史。在公元前约2800年的巴比伦，人们已经开始制造和使用已知最早的肥皂。

It also has an amazing history . In Babylon around 2,800 B.C. , the earliest known soap was made and used

在罗马帝国时期（公元前37年至公元476年）,紫色染料的制作非常困难。

During the time of the roman Empire ( 37 BC-476 AD ) , it was very difficult to make purple dye .

别的史学家则认为她一直活到公元前550年左右才寿终正寝。

Other historians posit that she died of old age around 550 BC .

在公元前494年，罗马发生了一次平民反对贵族的斗争

There was a conflict between plebs and patricians in ancient Rome in 494BC .

德拉克马是世界上最早出现的货币，也是欧洲最古老的货币，可以追溯到公元前1100年。

One of the world 's earliest currencies , and the oldest in Europe , the drachma dates back as far as 1100BC .

声明称，这座古城的年代可以追溯到阿蒙霍特普三世的统治时期，阿蒙霍特普三世是公元前1391年到1353年间统治古埃及的法老。

It dates to the reign of King Amenhotep III , who ruled Egypt between 1391 and 1353 BCE , according to the statement .

确实，公元前9世纪亚述国王撒缦以色三世统治时期的宝座上就刻着两个人握手的图案。

Indeed , a throne base from the reign of ancient Assyria 's Shalmaneser III in the 9th century BCE clearly shows two figures clasping hands .

他表示，公元前三千年留下的遗迹中有类似心型的图案，但这些图案是代表长春藤或无花果叶片，而非心脏。

He says that there are relics1 resembling the heart shape from 3000 BC , but these shapes stood for ivy2 or fig3 leaves , not the heart .

到公元前2000年，中国人已进入青铜时代（BronzeAge），并开始用于写字。

By 2,000 BC , Chinese people had entered the Bronze Age and had begun to use writing .

约公元前3000年，他们开始使用陶器（pottery）并住在房子里。

By about 3,000 BC , they were using pottery and living in houses .

这些群体被认定在公元前200年至公元1600年间创造了哥斯达黎加的石砌地区（stonespheres）。

These groups are believed to have created the stone spheres of Costa Rica , between 200 BC and ad 1600 .

有记载的第一届奥运会于公元前776年举行，那时候只有一个项目：赛跑（stade）。

The first recorded ancient Olympic Games were held in776 BC with only one event-the stade .

对历史的认真研究可以追溯至公元前5世纪的希罗多德（Herodotus）。

The serious study of history goes all the way back to Herodotus in the fifth century BC .

学者傅罗文（RowanK.Flad）在《古代中国的盐业生产和社会等级》（SaltProductionandSocialHierarchyinAncientChina）一书中写道，早在公元前685年，山东半岛的齐国就开始对盐业生产进行垄断，但这种制度或许出现得更早。

A monopoly on salt production was introduced as early as 685 B.C. in the state of Qi on the Shandong Peninsula , though it may have existed even earlier than that , the scholar Rowan K. Flad writes in " Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China . "

哈特谢普苏特王后（QueenHatshepsut）就是一个典型的例子。她生活在公元前15世纪，可谓是埃及一个传奇人物。她石棺上的画像身材苗条，看上去体格健康，但历史学家们认为，她实际上是个秃顶的胖女人。

A notable example is the legendary Queen Hatshepsut , who lived in the 15th century B.C. While her sarcophagus depicts her as slender and athletic , historians believe she was actually obese and balding .

公元前4世纪，能工巧匠公输班（GongshuBan，即鲁班）和哲学家墨翟（MoDi，即墨子），各自制作出了能随风自由翱翔的鸟形风筝，这对新奇的事物马上流行了起来。

During the fourth century B.C. , Gongshu Ban and Mo Di , a patron of the arts and a philosopher , respectively , constructed bird-shaped kites that dipped and dove in the wind . The pair 's novelty caught on quickly .

同样地，在公元前8年，“Sextilis”（'sixth'）这个月以古罗马第一位帝王奥古斯都（Augustus）来命名，他本人早于六年前去世。

Following suit , in 8 BC , the month Sextilis ( 'sixth ' ) was renamed after Augustus , the first Roman emperor , who had died six years earlier .