Iyo hombe ye4,000-yemakore ekuzvarwa monolith yakatsemuka nelaser-senge chaiyo

Iro dombo guru, riri muSaudi Arabia, rakakamurwa nepakati nekunyatsojeka uye rine zviratidzo zvekuda kuziva zvinoratidzwa pamusoro payo, uyezve, matombo maviri akapatsanurwa akakwanisa kuramba akamira, akanyatsodzikama, kwemazana emakore. Ichi chinoshamisa chekare chimiro chematombo chinokwezva zviuru zvevashanyi gore rega rega, vanouya kuAl-Naslaa kuzoona kukwana kwayo uye kuenzanisa, uye vanoburitsa akati wandei dzidziso kuyedza kutsanangura kwaakabva.

Al Naslaa Rock Kudzidziswa
Al Naslaa Rock Formation © Image Chikwereti: saudi-archaeology.com

Iyo megalith yakawanikwa naCharles Huver muna 1883; uye kubvira ipapo, yave iri nhau yenharo pakati penyanzvi, idzo dzinogoverana mirangariro inofadza pamsoro pekwakabva. Iro dombo riri muchiyero chakakwana, rinotsigirwa nezvigadziko zviviri, uye zvese zvinoratidza kuti pane imwe nguva, rinogona kunge rakashandwa nemidziyo yakanyatso hunyanzvi ― pamberi penguva yaro. Zvichangobva kuwanikwa zvekuchera matongo zvinoratidza kuti dunhu rine dombo raigarwa kubva panguva yeBronze Age, kubva 3000 BC kusvika 1200 BC.

Muna 2010, iyo Saudi Commission for Tourism uye National Heritage yakazivisa kuwanikwa kweimwe dombo pedyo neTayma, ine hieroglyphic yakanyorwa yaFarao Ramses III. Zvichienderana nekuwanikwa uku, vaongorori vakafungidzira kuti Tayma inogona kunge iri chikamu chenzira yakakosha yepasi pakati pemahombekombe eGungwa Dzvuku neNile Valley.

Vamwe vaongorori vanopa tsananguro yechisikirwo pamusoro pekucheka kusinganzwisisike. Chimwe chinogamuchirwa ndechekuti pasi raizofamba zvishoma pasi peimwe yezvitsigiro zviviri uye dombo raidai rakatyoka. Imwe fungidziro ndeyekuti inogona kunge ichibva kune dhiki rinoputika, kana kubva kune imwe isina kucherwa zvicherwa, yakasimba.

Vamwe vanodavira kuti chingave chembere yekumanikidza yakakwenenzverwa kune imwe, kana kuti inogona kunge iri tambo yekare yekukanganisa sezvo kufamba kwekukanganisa kazhinji kunogadzira nzvimbo isina kusimba yematombo inopwanya irinyore kupfuura dombo rakakomberedza.

Al Naslaa Rock Kudzidziswa
© Mufananidzo Chikwereti: worldkings.org

Asi izvozvo, chokwadika, angori mashoma pakati pedzidziso dzakawanda dzinonakidza. Chii chine chokwadi ndechekuti uku kuchekwa kwakanyatso kuchekwa, kupatsanura matombo maviri, kwagara kuchimutsa mibvunzo yakawanda kupfuura mhinduro.

Maererano nemishumo, kutaurwa kwekare kweguta reOasis kunoonekwa se "Tiamat", muzvinyorwa zveAsiriya zvakatangira muzana ramakore rechisere BC, apo oasis yakashanduka rikava guta rakabudirira, rakapfuma mumatsime emvura nezvivakwa zvakanaka.

Vanochera matongo vakawana zvakare zvinyorwa zvecuneiform, zvinogona kubva muzana ramakore rechitanhatu BC paguta reoasis. Sezvineiwo panguva ino, mambo weBhabhironi Nabonidus akaenda pamudyandigere kuTayma kunonamata nekutsvaga zviporofita, achiisa kutonga kweBhabhironi kumwanakomana wake, Bhershazari.

Dunhu iri zvakare rakapfuma munhoroondo, richitaurwa kakawanda muTestamente Yekare, pasi pezita remubhaibheri raTema, mumwe wevanakomana vaIshmaeri.