Intaka yeSaqqara: Ngaba amaJiphutha amandulo ayekwazi ukubhabha?

Izinto ezifunyaniswe ngezakudala ezaziwa ngokuba yi-Out of Place Artifacts okanye ii-OOPART, eziphikisanayo nezinika umdla, zinokusinceda siqonde ngcono ubuchwephesha obuphambili kwihlabathi lamandulo. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, i “Ibhabhalaza laseSaqqara” or "Intaka yaseSaqqara" igqalwa njengenye yezi zinto zifunyenweyo.

I-Saqqara Glider-I-Artifact engaphandle kwendawo?
I-Saqqara Glider-I-Artifact engaphandle kwendawo? © Ityala Lomfanekiso: UDawoud Khalil Messiha (Indawo yoLuntu)

Ebudeni bokwembiwa kwengcwaba iPa-di-Imen eSaqqara, eYiputa, ngonyaka we-1891, kwafunyanwa into ethile efana nentaka eyenziwe ngomthi womthombe (umthi ongcwalisiweyo onxulunyaniswa nothixokazi uHathor nomfuziselo wokungafi) kwafunyanwa. Le mveliso yaziwa ngokuba yiNtaka yaseSaqqara. Ubuncinci, yadalwa malunga ne-200 BC kwaye ngoku inokufumaneka kwiMyuziyam yaseYiputa eCairo. Inobunzima be-39.12 grams kwaye inamaphiko e-7.2 intshi.

Ngaphandle komlomo kunye namehlo, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba umfanekiso wenzelwe ukuba ngukhetshe - umfuziselo kathixo uHorus - into esifumanisa idida kukumila kwesikwere somsila, ukuma okungaqhelekanga, kunye namahemuhemu angamarhe atshoneyo anokuthi abambe. "into." Amaphiko avulekile kodwa akanalo nolona phawu luncinane lwegophe; zicatshulwe ngaseziphelweni, kwaye ziye zagqobhozwa ngaphakathi kumjelo. Nokunqongophala kweenyawo. I-artifact nayo ayinalo naluphi na uhlobo lwemizobo emele iintsiba zentaka ecingelwayo.

Saqqara Bird umbono kwicala
Imbono esecaleni yemodeli yeglider yaseSaqqara-imodeli ifana nentaka kodwa inomsila othe nkqo, ayinamilenze namaphiko athe tye © Image Credit: Dawoudk | Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kucingelwa ukuba "iNyoni" inokubonelela ngobungqina bokuba ukuqondwa kwezinto ezisisiseko zokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kwakukho kwiinkulungwane ezininzi ngaphambi kokuba ezo zinto ziqhele ukubonwa ukuba zifunyenwe okokuqala. Le ngcamango mhlawumbi yeyona nto ibangela umdla kuzo zonke iinkcazo ezinokubakho.

Kukho ubungqina bokuba amaJiphutha amandulo ayenolwazi oluthile ngobuchule bokwakha iiseyile. Ekubeni into ende ye-5.6-intshi ifana ngokusondeleyo nemodeli yendiza, iholele enye i-Egyptologist, uKhalil Messiha, kunye nabanye ukuba bacinge ukuba amaYiputa aMandulo aphuhlisa inqwelomoya yokuqala.

UDaoud Khalil Masiheh
Umfanekiso womntu onguNjingalwazi uDkt. Khalil Masiha (1924-1998) othathwe kwi-1988. Ungugqirha waseYiputa, umphandi kunye nomfumani we-archeology yamandulo yaseYiputa kunye neCoptic kunye neyeza elongezelelweyo. © Ityala loMfanekiso: Daoud Khalil Masiheh (iDomain yoLuntu)

Imodeli, ngokukaMesiya, owayengowokuqala ukubiza ukuba ayibonisi intaka, "Imele ukuthotywa kwe-monoplane yasekuqaleni esekho eSaqqara," wabhala ngo-1983.