Their woolly, red-tinted hair was in sharp contrast to their bodies, which were black and glistening like those of Nubians.

他们像羊毛一般的头发作红颜色，披散在漆黑发亮的、像非洲纽比人一般的身躯上。

To build the dam over 90,000 Nubians, who were the inhabitants of the region, were moved a long way from their homes.

为了建设大坝，该地区九万多努比亚居民搬到了离家很远的地方。

The Nubians greatly admired Egyptian culture and were highly influenced by them, but were far enough away to develop their own separate culture and religion.

努比亚人非常欣赏埃及文化，并深受埃及文化的影响，但由于距离太远，努比亚人发展了自己独立的文化和宗教。

With the loss of a strong central government and monarch, Egypt began a steady decline in power, assaulted and occupied by Nubians and Assyrians, and a major Persian invasion in 525 BCE.

由于失去了一个强大的中央政府和国王，埃及的权力开始稳步下降，受到努比亚人和亚述人的袭击和占领，并在公元前 525 年遭到波斯的大规模入侵。

He was inspired by accounts of its colossal scale, but he also knew what had happened to Egypt after Ramesses with the crown passing to Libyans and Nubians, Persians and Macedonians, and Ramesses'statue itself squabbled over by European intruders.

雕像之巨大令他惊讶，但同时他也熟知拉美西斯以后的埃及历史：王权依次落入利比亚人、 努比亚人、波斯人和马其顿人手里。拉美西斯的雕像也被近期的欧洲入侵者毁坏。