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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll journey to ancient Babylon to uncover
Speaker 3: timeless tales of trade and social life that bring the
Speaker 3: past to life and unite two passionate explorers in a
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Speaker 1: On l hey bevolkdeheim aud Babylon still dekau felvinter de
Speaker 1: j Flocazzi plus Bozete, mit Aud Stain and bocl Bukstein
Speaker 1: larst Middenin did his stories Adoroff then Hondovira Coutvatrava, marseen
Speaker 1: hart blonde met pussy for ar he O Looghi Heizo
Speaker 1: narnwasin over the Hondel spractaka from the Babylonias nast hemstom Sonna,
Speaker 1: the coud sarse on some cons on manse Luka Vajala
Speaker 1: to ondeke savasiniered to a dark lexelav from aud Bskraviner,
Speaker 1: her old Richtesropte Klena artifactor di mishin mere fortilded on
Speaker 1: economics Tabelle, the hardy Winter blocked out Darne, the foced
Speaker 1: bedeckt estates mere von a terrain and the clock tiicte
Speaker 1: lars marktes Izorge. The tate on the grafa was prepared.
Speaker 1: Mahei was fosposlot Sona, the motor snelweg say hey tevell
Speaker 1: heyen Staple, the stainer Obseizroff son of Nichte Mahra Focus
Speaker 1: lach Elders, Lars cake here ditztucchia ardeverek hift Its retakens
Speaker 1: miss Rin and hint of Rundak lexelaev Furse into the
Speaker 1: sant my latav Ens Concentrero of the Joto Funster and
Speaker 1: for the lars Haster the spawning tis an Huide Narmata,
Speaker 1: the dach Cordeverde and the cow and d wung Sneller
Speaker 1: Tewka Lars boslout longardor Teverke, the nochten vara ascaut Marmere
Speaker 1: terrain must On the zwarde onder tusse Sortier, the son
Speaker 1: of the sociala artifacted is a convinded pervust van hunvarde
Speaker 1: open latter dach nettund kau de wind op quam huberdehead,
Speaker 1: Lars botst op Its heart Sama Torcus and uncle tabletta
Speaker 1: out Arde Tunsesu's home marked where the soveelhundles of raincomste
Speaker 1: Osperson lu Kabriva from Hondolar sithbar Whun undekin was halt
Speaker 1: bade the perspective hundel, and so shall leave Klama Sama
Speaker 1: did for Rondo. The OLiS flows to the summer. Latter
Speaker 1: the Sama Veerka from Juzama look study Lars himlach the door,
Speaker 1: the couhen jah Sama kunever the hail of our head
Speaker 1: Fortella the wind held the door. The outer Ruinus twell
Speaker 1: Lars and Sonna dichtabel car stumble. The Stainer had a
Speaker 1: neat Alene and Agres hidden his foretels mar okenbrugus lach
Speaker 1: tusen embade suberheben knew that economy and so shall lave,
Speaker 1: and no car for stirk in the still cow de
Speaker 1: Nocht from Babylon was a new partners Rob Robourg, then
Speaker 1: partner's hop dot so well handel as mansilicate unarmed and
Speaker 1: Farralafa not freleed art he de brought the bevindinghe sau
Speaker 1: de de rasidinis frondre marbelongreger no had saw en same
Speaker 1: brenne in the Radil de missi had winded rue babilon
Speaker 1: lake mlongs the cow warmer toward the door. Newer friends
Speaker 1: Rob and Hdil de Possy let's take another listen. Listen
Speaker 1: closely to any part you may have missed. On the
Speaker 1: rujaes bevolc teheiml loched out the Babylons still hooled in
Speaker 1: the cow from the winter.
Speaker 3: Under a gray, cloudy sky. The ancient babylon lay still
Speaker 3: shrouded in the cold of winter.
Speaker 1: The half Lokatsi was beside met aud stain and broke
Speaker 1: le rubustain.
Speaker 3: The excavation site was littered with ancient stones and crumbling
Speaker 3: brick walls.
Speaker 1: Lars dont midnin Diti Stori sidorov.
Speaker 3: Larch stood in the middle of this historical maze.
Speaker 1: Zen hond var recolteflatre Marten hart bron de met Bassi
Speaker 1: for archi ol Hi.
Speaker 3: His hands were cold from digging, but his heart burned
Speaker 3: with passion for archaeology.
Speaker 1: Heizurtna am de sign over the Hondolspraktaike from the babyloniars.
Speaker 3: He was searching for clues about the trade practices of
Speaker 3: the Babylonians.
Speaker 1: Nastemstom Soon de cou de ortet sarse O samkons O
Speaker 1: menslu Kafrara la Tondek.
Speaker 3: Next to him stood Shanna, who saw the cold morning
Speaker 3: air as an opportunity to discover human stories.
Speaker 1: Servostre fassinirt do dall from au the busraf.
Speaker 3: She was fascinated by the daily life of ancient civilizations her.
Speaker 1: O richtetlina artifacte di missin mir fertel de don econbelle.
Speaker 3: Her eyes were fixed on the small artifacts that might
Speaker 3: tell more than economic charts.
Speaker 1: The hard vinter b au darn.
Speaker 3: The harsh winter brought challenges, the forced.
Speaker 1: Dict estates mire from the terrain and the clock tikte.
Speaker 3: Frost covered more and more of the terrain, and the
Speaker 3: clock was ticking.
Speaker 1: Lars marktissur Larsh was worried the date u tetra of
Speaker 1: os poperchte mahe vos fospuslote. The time to dig was limited,
Speaker 1: but he was determined. Son the mute snelvirg ze hey
Speaker 1: tell hay and stopple out the stain opsezrof.
Speaker 3: Shauna. We need to work quickly, he said, as he
Speaker 3: pushed a pile of ancient stones aside.
Speaker 1: Sonechniquete my focus lach elders.
Speaker 3: Shauna nodded, but her focus was elsewhere.
Speaker 1: Lars cake here, Larsh, look here, ditstu chaarde vie hefti's taken.
Speaker 3: This piece of pottery has something drawn on it.
Speaker 1: Miss Rin and hint of unda lexelaev.
Speaker 3: Maybe a hint about their daily life. Foorce she asked.
Speaker 1: Into the sand my latskoncentriro ob de jo to funst
Speaker 1: on toward the lars.
Speaker 3: Hast interesting, but let's focus on the big fines, Lars
Speaker 3: replied hastily.
Speaker 1: Despunning des u narmat de dach corteverde and de cour
Speaker 1: and dvun sneller te vereke.
Speaker 3: The tension between them grew as the days became shorter
Speaker 3: and the cold forced them to work faster.
Speaker 1: Lars beslowte longer doorte.
Speaker 3: Vike Larsch decided to work longer hours.
Speaker 1: The nochten varescaut marmer terrain must und.
Speaker 3: The knights were icy, but more ground had to be explored.
Speaker 1: Undertus sortier de son of de Sosa artifacta di sekomfinde
Speaker 1: bu vustfa unvarde.
Speaker 3: Meanwhile, Shann assorted the social artifacts she could find, aware
Speaker 3: of their value.
Speaker 1: Op lace dach netunlekau de vint op klomdhit.
Speaker 3: On a late day, just as the cold wind picked up.
Speaker 3: It happened.
Speaker 1: Lars bolts top its.
Speaker 3: Hearts lush hit something hard.
Speaker 1: Sam tookusen antel tablet alta'arde.
Speaker 3: Together they pulled several tablets from the earth.
Speaker 1: Dunses's home marked bed desoveel hundos off reincomste alsper sol
Speaker 1: luk abriefa from homdo lares sighbar.
Speaker 3: As they cleaned them, both trade agreements and personal letters
Speaker 3: from merchants became visible.
Speaker 1: Hun unde king vus holt.
Speaker 3: Their discovery was significant, bade.
Speaker 1: The berespective humdel and so shall leif clam o Sam.
Speaker 3: Both perspectives trade and social life came together.
Speaker 1: Dit foronda de alas flows to the sun.
Speaker 3: This changes everything, whispered Shahna.
Speaker 1: Lots of vesama verrka for jusamluk studi.
Speaker 3: Let's collaborate on a joint study.
Speaker 1: Lars him lach the door deakauhen.
Speaker 3: Larsh smiled despite the cold.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Sam kunvedeheevar hete fertel.
Speaker 3: Yes, together we can tell the whole truth.
Speaker 1: De Vin tell the doorda au de ruvenis turvel Lars
Speaker 1: and Somna dichterbel carstomle.
Speaker 3: The wind howled through the ancient ruins, as Larsh and
Speaker 3: Shanna stood closer together disdain.
Speaker 1: How the nit alenun egs hidines fertels mar o kumbruchuslah tishenembade.
Speaker 3: The stones had not only told their own history, but
Speaker 3: also built a bridge between the two of them.
Speaker 1: Sobuhepenu that ekunomi and so shall lay f and no
Speaker 1: car forstare.
Speaker 3: They now understood that economy and social life strengthen each other.
Speaker 1: In this still kau de nocht from babi Us a
Speaker 1: new partners rab rabourg.
Speaker 3: In the quiet cold night of Babylon, a new partnership
Speaker 3: was born.
Speaker 1: Then Bartner's hop dot sovel hondlo os menselikit um armde
Speaker 1: and f halafannald frile denrete de brt.
Speaker 3: A partnership that embraced both trade and humanity and brought
Speaker 3: the stories of the past to the present.
Speaker 1: The Bevinige zau de de frasidins Ferndre mar Bilomre kernor
Speaker 1: hedsou en Saint mabrege in hdil de missi.
Speaker 3: The findings would change history, but more importantly, it would
Speaker 3: bring them together in a shared mission.
Speaker 1: Had vin der Ra babilone lake Umlamstadkau warmer toward the
Speaker 1: Durnieu friends Hup and Hudil de Bassi.
Speaker 3: The windy Babylon seemed, despite the cold, to become warmer
Speaker 3: through their new found friendship and shared passion.
Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 2: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Harult, hajultlt, shrouded, half, lookatzi, half, lookatzi, half lookatsi. Excavation, bajeite, bajeite, bjeite.
Speaker 3: Lizard, bo.
Speaker 1: Bo, crumbling, duelhof, dulhof, dulhoff, mace, avising, avising and avaising, clues, comes, comes, comes, opportunity, artifact, artie, fucten,
Speaker 1: artie factor, artifacts, tabele, tabellon, tabella, charts, terrain, terrain, terrain, terrain, ticte, ticte, ticte, ticking, staple, staple, staple,
Speaker 1: pile iidevirk eidevirk aidevirk pottery, spawning, spawning, spawning, tension, harder, harder, harder, harsh,
Speaker 1: sortier de sortier de shortiered sordid buvust buvust bevust aware
Speaker 1: over incomester, over in comestan over incomeste. Agreements hondolars, hondolars,
Speaker 1: hondelar merchants, salmon, the urcer, salmon, the urkon salmon, the arca, collaborate,
Speaker 1: berespectief perspectifen bearspectief perspectives, holder, holder howlder hold ruinous ruvenus
Speaker 1: ruinous ruins, behavior, behapen behave understood, m armed, m armed,
Speaker 1: um armed, embraced, bevinding, bevindinger, bevinding findings, partner's hop, partner's hop,
Speaker 1: partner's hop, partnership, Hussam and look, Hussama, Look Hassam and
Speaker 1: look joint Missy, missy, missy. Mission quote quote significant.
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