IPhiramidi eNkulu ye-Xian: Kutheni i-China igcina iiphiramidi zayo ziyimfihlo?

Intsomi yeWhite Pyramid yaqala ebudeni beMfazwe Yehlabathi II, xa amangqina owazibonela ngawakhe amehlo, ngokukodwa umqhubi wenqwelomoya uJames Gaussman, achaza ngembonakalo yenqwelomoya enkulu. “Iphiramidi emhlophe” kufutshane nesixeko saseTshayina iXi'an, ngexesha lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya phakathi kweTshayina neIndiya ngo-1945, kukholelwa ukuba wabona iphiramidi enelitye elimhlophe.

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Umfanekiso "wePiramidi emhlophe" ethathwe nguJames Gaussman. © Ityala loMfanekiso: INdawo yoLuntu

Esi sakhiwo simangalisayo sasifanele ukuba sesona sikhulu sephiramidi ehlabathini, kodwa kwakusithiwa singqongwe ziiphiramidi ezininzi ezincinane, ezinye ziphakama phantse ngokulinganayo.

UWalter Hain, umbhali, kunye nombhali wenzululwazi uchaza umbono wokuqala kaGaussman wephiramidi kumaphepha akhe asekhaya. UJames Gaussman wayebuyela e-Assam, eIndiya, emva kokubhabha 'IBurma Hump,' eyayithutha iimpahla ezisuka eIndiya zisiya eChungking, eTshayina, xa ubunzima benjini yambangela ukuba ehle okomzuzwana ukuya kutsho kumphakamo ongaphantsi kweTshayina.

“Ndabhanka ukuze ndiphephe intaba, yaye saphumela kwintlambo ethe tyaba. Iphiramidi enkulu emhlophe yema ngqo ngaphantsi. Kwakubonakala ngathi yinto ephuma kwintsomi. Yayivalwe ngeqokobhe elimhlophe ebengezelayo. Oku kusenokuba kwenziwa ngentsimbi okanye uhlobo oluthile lwelitye. macala omabini, yayimhlophe qwa.

Ilitye lesiseko lalimangalisa; yayisisigaqa esikhulu sezinto ezifana nelitye elinqabileyo elinokuba yikristale. Sasingenakuhlala, kungakhathaliseki ukuba sasifuna kangakanani na. Sothuswa bubukhulu bento.”

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Iphiramidi kufuphi neSixeko iXian, kwi-34.22 eMntla nakwi-108.41 eMpuma. © Ityala loMfanekiso: INdawo yoLuntu

IThe New York Times yalicholachola eli bali yaza yapapasha inqaku malunga nephiramidi ngoMatshi 28, 1947. UColonel Maurice Sheahan, umlawuli wecandelo leTrans World Airlines’ Far Eastern, wathi kudliwano-ndlebe wabona ipiramidi enkulu ekwiikhilomitha ezingama-40 kumzantsi-ntshona. Xian. Kwa eli phephandaba lapapasha ifoto kwiintsuku ezimbini emva kwengxelo, eyathi ekugqibeleni yanikwa uGaussman.

Iifoto zephiramidi enkulu awayeyidubile azisayi kukhutshwa eminye iminyaka engama-45. Kwanengxelo yakhe yayiza kuhlala ingcwatywe kwindawo yogcino lwenkonzo yaseMfihlo yomkhosi wase-United States kude kube ngoko. Abaphandi kunye nabahloli abaninzi baye bazama ukufumana iPiramidi emhlophe yaseXi'an, kodwa akukho namnye oye waphumelela.

Abanye bathi iPiramidi emhlophe inokufihlwa phakathi kweentaba eziphakamileyo kunye nemiwonyo enzulu yeeNtaba zeQin Ling.

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Urhulumente utyale imithi kuzo ukuze zifane nazo. Emva kokukhanyela ubukho babo. © Ityala loMfanekiso: INdawo yoLuntu

Urhulumente waseTshayina wonyula malunga neephiramidi ezingama-400 kumntla weXi'an ngo-2000, nangona kunjalo, iPiramidi emhlophe ayizange ibandakanywe. Uninzi lwezinye iisayithi zagrunjwa, zaveza ii-mausoleums ezimile ngakumbi njengephiramidi zaseMesoamerican, ezahluka kwiiphiramidi zase-Egypt kuba zimcaba-phezulu kwaye zigqunywe zizityalo.

Amalungu amandulo odidi lwasebukhosini baseTshayina angcwatywa kula mangcwaba, apho ayeceba ukulala ngoxolo ngonaphakade. Uninzi lweephiramidi kunzima kakhulu ukuzibona, njengoko zifihlwe ziinduli neenduli ezichumileyo, kunye nengca nemithi ende. Zimbalwa kuphela izakhiwo eziye zenziwa zafumaneka kubakhenkethi.

Urhulumente waseTshayina unike izizathu ezilula zokuba kutheni kungekho mntu uvunyelweyo ukuba angene, ngokukodwa ukuba abembi bezinto zakudala abanomdla kunye neendwendwe zinokwenza umonakalo kwiintsalela.

Amagosa akholelwa ukuba alinde iteknoloji ukuba iphucule ngokwaneleyo ukumba ngokupheleleyo iiphiramidi kunye nezinto ezixabisekileyo zazo. Ngapha koko, ezinye iiphiramidi kucingelwa ukuba zineminyaka engama-8,000 ubudala.

Abantu baseNtshona baye bathelekelela into engapheliyo ngenjongo namandla ephiramidi, kwanokubaluleka kokuvumisa ngeenkwenkwezi. Ngokutsho Noopept isitokhwe kubafundi, “Iindawo eziphambili kuMntla, eMzantsi, eMpuma naseNtshona zazibalulekile kookumkani abathile.” Ukulikrola ingcwaba lakho kumgca wehlabathi kwakububungqina bokuba usengoyena uphambili.”

Eyona thiyori yelenqe ixhaphakileyo ibandakanya izinto eziphuma ngaphandle komhlaba, ekuthiwa ngabakhi bokuqala bokwakha. Ngaba inokwenzeka into yokuba iithiyori zika-Erich von Däniken kunye nezinye zamandulo zikasomajukujuku zinokusebenza kwiiphiramidi zaseTshayina? Naphi na apho kukho ukufihlwa, iithiyori zeyelenqe ziyavela ngokuzenzekelayo.