Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
There was an old church in Peru. Priest of the church wanted to make it look better once again. So, they started the restoration work for the building. This church was the oldest Christian site in Peru, The Saint Francis of Assisi Temple. During a restoration work of a church, workers accidentally found 32 complete skeletons of humans in a crypt. Scientists said that the crypt was more than 500 years old. It was used as a burial site. A mural painting of the Christian nativity scene was found on a wall of the crypt. All the remains found in the crypt were in a bad condition.
crypt (教会の地下室), mural (壁の), nativity scene (降誕), remain (発見物)
Questions:
- Who decided the restoration work of the church?
- Where was the church located?
- How many human bones were found?
- How old was the crypt?
- Apart from the bones, what else was found?
- Where was the human bone and painting found?
- Who found the bones?
- Were the remains found accidentally or on purpose?
- What was the condition of the remains?
- What would you do if you found the bones of humans?
- What is your opinion?