Divers found a harpoon, tools, horns and the bones of ancient cattle.The bones belonged to the animal auroch last seen in the early 1600s. Archaeologists believe these relics date back to the Stone Age.It is said to be the oldest settlement in the area - dubbed Sweden’s 'Atlantis'.

潛水員發現了魚叉、工具、喇叭、以及古代野牛的骨頭。這些骨頭屬於一種古老的野牛種，在西元17世紀初期已經絕跡。考古學家認為這些文物可以追溯到石器時代，這也是目前在該地區發現到最古老的聚落，被稱做為瑞典的亞特蘭提斯。

Divers in Sweden have discovered a rare collection of Stone Age artefacts buried deep beneath the Baltic Sea. Archaeologists believe the relics were left by Swedish nomads 11,000 years ago and the discovery may be evidence of one of the oldest settlements ever found in the Nordic region.

瑞典潛水員發現了這些深埋在波羅的海之下，稀有珍貴的石器時代文物。考古學家相信這是由11000年前的瑞典遊牧民族所留下，並且是有史以來在北歐地區所發現過最古老群居地的有力證據之一。

Some of the relics are so well preserved, reports have dubbed the find 'Sweden’s Atlantis' and suggested the settlement may have been swallowed whole by the sea in the same way as the mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean.

有些文物至今仍保存完好，而有些報導稱此是瑞典的亞特蘭提斯的發現，而稱該遺跡可能就如傳說中的亞特蘭提斯島一般，以同樣的方式整個地沉入了海中。

Aurochs are ancestors of modern-day cattle and lived through Europe before becoming extinct in the early 1600s. The last reported auroch died in Poland in 1627. This find is significant because it suggests a date for when these items would have been used. Many of the artefacts have been preserved because the diving location is rich in a sediment called gyttja.

Aurochs（一種古代野牛）是現代牛的祖先，並且在17世紀初期滅絕之前曾遍及整片歐洲大陸。紀錄上最後一隻古代野牛在1627年死於波蘭。此一發現是意味深長的，因為它暗示了這些文物曾被使用過的年代。因為此次的潛水地點富含了骸泥的沉積物，許多文物珍品都得以保存下來。

Black, gel-like Gyttja is formed when peat begins to decay. As the peat is buried, the amount of oxygen drops and it is thought this lack of oxygen prevented the organic artefacts from being lost. Nilsson told The Local: ‘Around 11,000 years ago there was a build-up in the area - a lagoon of sorts - and all the tree and bone pieces are preserved in it.

黑色膠狀的骸泥形成於泥炭開始分解腐爛之時。當泥炭開始沉積掩埋，含氧量開始下降，而這種缺氧的狀態防止了有機物的分解。尼爾森教授表示，大約11000年前開始該地區開始出現這種骸泥的沉積，像一種潟湖，而所有的樹種、骨頭碎片都被保存起來。

'If the settlement was on dry land we would only have the stone-based things, nothing organic.’ The dive was part of a three-year excavation partially funded by the Swedish National Heritage Board. Archaeologists are continuing the dig, and are now particularly interested to see whether there is also an ancient burial site in the region.

如果這種聚落遺跡是在陸地上，那我們只會剩下石頭構成的東西，沒有甚麼有機物能保存下來。此次的潛水是由瑞典國家遺產委員會所資助的一項為期三年的考古活動的一部分。考古學家仍在持續深入挖掘，而現在對於當地是否也有一個古老的墓地感到特別有興趣。

（The artefacts were discovered by Professor Bjorn Nilsson from Soderton University during an archaeological dive at Hano, off the coast of Skane County in Sweden, marked at A. The dive was part of a three-year excavation partially funded by the Swedish National Heritage Board）

（這些文物是由 Soderton 大學的 Bjorn Nilsson 教授所帶領，在Hano進行的一次潛水考古的期間所發現，鄰近瑞典的斯科納省海岸。此次的潛水是由瑞典國家遺產委員會所資助的一項為期三年的考古活動的一部分。）

This would add weight to the claims it was once a settlement location that has since been lost at sea. If the region was a settlement, it would have similarities with Atlantis - the mythical island first referred to by Greek philosopher Plato.

這將能可以更有力地聲明在當地曾有一個目前已經失落在海中的古代遺跡。如果這個地區曾經是古代遺跡，那麼就非常相似於由希臘哲人柏拉圖所描述的神秘之島亞特蘭提斯。

（Atlantis is the name for the large island or continent said to have been swallowed up by the Atlantic Ocean centuries ago. An artist's illustration is pictured. Tales of the mythical island first appeared in books by Greek philosopher Plato around 370BC - although the remains of the island have never been found）

（亞特蘭提斯據說是在久遠歷史前沉入大西洋的一個大島或說是一塊大陸的名字。上圖是亞特蘭提斯的想像圖，這古老的傳說來自於西元前370左右的希臘哲人柏拉圖，雖然這個島嶼從未為人所發現。）

Atlantis was said to have been a large island, or even a continent, in the Atlantic Ocean that sank and vanished almost overnight. However, this underwater civilisation has never been found, and many claim Plato either made it up, or the location was not in the Atlantic Ocean. Other claims suggest the island may have been near modern-day Santorini, off the coast of Greece.

據說亞特蘭提斯是一個大島，甚至可稱為一塊大陸，而幾乎是在一夜之間就沉入並消失於大西洋。然而人們從未在水下發現如此文明，以至於有許多人聲稱是柏拉圖編造出來的，或者是其位置並不在大西洋。有些人表示該島的位置鄰近於目前距離希臘海岸不遠的聖托里尼島。

Nilsson is quick to dismiss the claims the settlement is ‘Sweden’s Atlantis’, however, stressing that the Swedes at the time would have been nomadic. This means that the settlement may have only been temporary, and that a village never permanently existed on the site - unlike the mythical Atlantis.

尼爾森教授目前不考慮稱它是「瑞典的亞特蘭提斯」，強調當時的瑞典人處於遊牧。這意味著該處可能只是暫時的遺跡，而非一個長駐的村莊，不太像傳說中的亞特蘭提斯那樣。