I stashed it in a crate of spent brass.

我把它藏在一箱旧铜器里。

So how was this amazing piece of metal work accomplished?

那么，这件令人惊叹青铜器是如何制成呢？

Officials say pits surrounding the tomb have yielded pottery, bronze ware and iron ware.

官方表示，陵墓外藏坑已经出土了陶器、青铜器和铁器。

Now making a bronze vessel like our gui bowl is an extraordinarily complicated business.

这样青铜器是最具代表国古物之一，制作工艺极为繁复。

A gold mask and some bronze artifacts have been discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site recently.

最近在三星堆遗址出土了一张黄金面具和一些青铜器。

The Benin Bronzes are kind of hard to categorize, because they include such a huge range of items.

宁青铜器很难分类，因为它们包含了如此物品。

The University of Cambridge will return more than 100 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria.

剑桥大学将向尼日利亚归还一百件遭到英军掠夺宁青铜器。

When the piggy bank broke into pieces, the bronze, gold and silver coins inside of him scattered noisily.

存钱罐摔成了碎片，青铜器，金银硬币纷纷散落在地。

Some of the bronze artifacts discovered during the current excavation have never been seen before, according to experts.

据专家介绍，此次挖掘出土一些青铜器，此前从未现世。

Microscopic observation found that more than 20 unearthed bronzes and ivory had textiles on the surface.

（通过）显微镜观察发现，出土 20 件青铜器和象牙表面都有纺织品。

Many argue that these treasures, such as the famous Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes, should be returned.

许人认为，这些珍宝，如著名帕特农神庙大理石和宁青铜器，应该物归原主。

Last month, the Horniman Museum, in south London, returned looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria.

上个月，伦敦南部霍尼曼博物馆也向尼日利亚归还了被掠夺宁青铜器。

They serve no purpose in a museum in the United States or elsewhere except as curious objects.

除了作为奇特物件，宁青铜器在美国或其他地方博物馆没有任何意义。

Recently, Nigeria and Germany signed a deal for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes.

最近，尼日利亚和德国签署了一项协议，该协议要求德国归还数百件被称为宁青铜器文物。

And they bought a lot of bronzes.

他们买了很青铜器。

At this date, any formal writing is prestigious, but writing in bronze carries a very particular authority.

在那个时代，所有书面文字都极有分量，青铜器上铭文更是极具权威。

This legacy is bigger than the Benin Bronzes.

比班农青铜器更大，有。

Like if you're gonna go bronze, then go bronze.

就像如果你要去铜器，那就去青铜。

They're trying to build a facility to house all of the returning bronzes.

他们正试图建造一个设施来容纳所有返回青铜器。

Western museums and the Nigerian government have been discussing solutions ever since.

成立了 收藏青铜器西方博物馆。