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1998年的一个夏日,埃及亚历山大港以西25千米的阿布基尔湾热闹非凡,埃及和法国的潜水员交替下水,一门古老的青铜加农炮冉冉出水,同时被打捞出的还包括古代法国出品的钱币、刀叉、银器等古物,它们都来自于两百年前在这里沉没的一条法国战舰。在场的埃及文化部长向《发现》杂志的记者激动地宣布,经过检验证明,这些古老的遗物正是来自拿破仑东方远征舰队的旗舰——“东方”号战列舰。在200年前的一次海战中,“东方”舰被英国皇家海军纳尔逊勋爵的舰队击沉在这里,默默地诠释着拿破仑那次神奇的远征和一支失落舰队的传奇。
On a summer of 1998, the 25-kilometer Abu Bakr Bay west of Alexandria, Egypt, crowded. The divers in Egypt and France were alternately launching an ancient bronze cannons out of the water while being recovered from ancient French origin Antiquities like coins, cutlery, silverware, etc. came from a French battleship that sank here two hundred years ago. The presence of Egypt’s Minister of Culture excitedly announced to reporters in Discovery that the ancient relics proved to be the flagship of the Oriental Napoleonic Fleet at Napoleon, the “Orient” battleship. During a naval battle 200 years ago, the “Orient” ship was sunk here by the Fleet of the British Royal Navy Lord Nelson, silently explaining Napoleonic’s fantastic expedition and the legend of a lost fleet.