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