A cewar wani Rahoton ScienceAlert, a shekarar 2019, wata tawagar masana kimiyya ta kasa da kasa karkashin jagorancin masanin ilmin kimiya na kayan tarihi Melissa Kennedy ta Jami'ar Western Australia ta hako wani dutse mai tsayi mai tsayin mita 140 Mustatil kusa da Al-'Ula, a arewa maso yammacin Saudiyya, mai suna IDIHA-F-0011081. Mutanen Neolithic ne suka yi amfani da abubuwan ban mamaki, wuraren da ba a san su ba. Binciken da aka yi ya nuna ɗaruruwan gaɓoɓin ragowar dabbobin da aka tattara a kusa da wani madaidaicin dutsen da aka fassara a matsayin mai tsarki. Wannan yana nuna cewa dutsen dutse dutse ne mai tsarki da ke wakiltar allah ko alloli na mutanen da suka zauna a yankin shekaru dubbai da suka shige.
Mustatils wani bincike ne na musamman a fagen ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi. Ana samun waɗannan gine-gine ne kawai a arewa maso yammacin Saudiyya kuma an fara gano su a cikin 1970s ta hanyar daukar hoto ta iska. Wadannan sifofi masu ban mamaki, an yi su ne da duwatsu kuma suna da siffar rectangular, tare da tsawon da yawanci ya fi fadinsa girma. An gina bangon ginin da duwatsun da aka shimfiɗa a saman juna, ba tare da yin amfani da turmi ko siminti ba, a wata dabara da ake kira bushe-bushe. Mustatils na iya bambanta da girma, tare da wasu suna da ƙanƙanta, wasu kuma tsayin ya kai tsayin mita goma.
An yi imanin su tsoffin gine-gine ne waɗanda aka gina a zamanin Neolithic, waɗanda suka koma kusan shekaru 8,000 da suka gabata. Har yanzu Mustatils suna cikin sirri, kuma manufarsu ba ta bayyana gaba ɗaya ba. Wasu masana sun yi imanin cewa an yi amfani da su don dalilai na addini ko na biki, yayin da wasu ke nuna cewa an yi amfani da su don duban taurari ko kuma a matsayin shingen dabbobi.
Wata ka'idar ta nuna cewa an yi amfani da Mustatils don farauta. Ƙila bangon dutse ya haifar da shingen da ke sa dabbobi su shiga cikin ƙunƙun wuri inda za a iya farautarsu cikin sauƙi. Wannan ka'idar tana goyan bayan kasancewar tsoffin tarkon dabbobi kusa da wasu Mustatils.
Wasu masana sun ba da shawarar cewa an yi amfani da Mustatils azaman kaburbura ko ɗakin binnewa. Daidaitawar tsarin da kasancewar gawarwakin ɗan adam da aka samu kusa da wasu Mustatils sun goyi bayan wannan ka'idar. Koyaya, ba duk Mustatils ne ke ɗauke da ragowar ɗan adam ba, yana jefa shakku kan wannan ka'idar. Ko da menene ainihin manufarsu, waɗannan gine-ginen bincike ne mai ban sha'awa wanda ke ba da haske game da rayuwa a zamanin da a yankin.
A cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, masu binciken kayan tarihi da ke nazarin Mustatils sun gano cewa an gina su ne a lokacin da ake samun karuwar ruwan sama a yankin, wanda zai iya ba da damar yawan jama'a da kuma al'ummomi masu rikitarwa. Tsarin da kansu ya yi daidai da sifofin falaki, kamar fitowar rana da faɗuwar wata, wanda ke nuni da cewa an yi amfani da su don kallon taurari ko al'ada.
Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da aka gano mafi ban sha'awa a Arewa maso yammacin Saudiyya shine kasancewar fasahar dutse kusa da Mustatils. Fasahar dutsen tana nuna dabbobi, mutane, da siffofi na geometric, kuma ana tunanin sun kasance a lokaci guda da Mustatils. Kasancewar fasahar dutsen kusa da sifofin yana nuna cewa sun kasance wani ɓangare na babban hadaddiyar al'adu, da kuma shiga tsohuwar wayewar Nabatean, wacce ke iko da yawancin yankin a ƙarni na farko KZ.
A ƙarshe, gano Mustatils a arewa maso yammacin Saudi Arabiya, wata shaida ce da ke nuna mahimmancin binciken binciken archaeological wajen tona asirin abubuwan da suka faru a baya. Ta hanyar sadaukarwar yunƙurin masana kimiyya, masu bincike, da al'ummomin gida ne kawai za mu iya fatan samun zurfin fahimta game da al'adunmu na al'adunmu da kuma tarihin tarihin duniyarmu.
Yayin da ake ci gaba da yin sabon bincike irin wannan, a bayyane yake cewa akwai abubuwa da yawa da za a koya game da Mustatils da mutanen da suka gina su. Lokaci ne mai ban sha'awa ga ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi kuma wanda yayi alkawarin samar da ƙarin fahimi masu ban sha'awa game da abubuwan da suka gabata.
Hukumar Royal Commission for AlUla ce ta dauki nauyin binciken kuma an buga shi a ciki KUMA KUMA.
