'Indlela eya ezweni elingaphansi' etholwe ngaphansi kwePyramid of the Moon e-Teotihuacán

Umhlaba ongaphansi komhlaba kaTeotihuacán: Abacwaningi baseMexico balandelela umhume ongcwatshwe ngamamitha ayi-10 ngaphansi kwePyramid of the Moon.

'Indlela eya ezweni elingaphansi' etholwe ngaphansi kwePyramid of the Moon e-Teotihuacán 1
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Baphinde bathola nezindawo zokungena kulowo mhume, futhi banquma ukuthi iphiramidi lalakhiwe phezulu kwawo, okwenza kwaba yisakhiwo sokuqala sikaTeotihuacán. Ngokuya ngocwaningo olusha sha, amaphiramidi amathathu wonke aqukethe inethiwekhi ye- imigudu nemigede ngaphansi kwalabo abakhombisa umhlaba ongaphansi.

Abavubukuli baseNational Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) baseMexico kanye nezazi zokwakheka komhlaba ezivela e-UNAM's Institute of Geophysics benza ucwaningo (National Autonomous University of Mexico). Ukuhlaziywa kwakamuva kusekela lokho okutholwe ku-2017 nango-2018.

Umhume nemihubhe ngaphansi kwePiramidi yeNyanga

'Indlela eya ezweni elingaphansi' etholwe ngaphansi kwePyramid of the Moon e-Teotihuacán 2
Umhume eBelize (isithombe esiyinkomba). © Wikimedia Commons

ITeotihuacán yadalwa yisiko elingaziwa eSigodini SaseMexico. Sekuyiminyaka eminingi, bekungumuzi obalulekile onomlando odidekile. Umlando wayo omningi kangakatholakali. Ngezikhathi zasendulo, yayingenye yezinkulu kakhulu emazweni aseMelika. Kwakuhlala okungenani abantu abangu-125,000 ngaleso sikhathi.

Teotihuacán's imibhoshongo emithathu emikhulu kwakungamathempeli asetshenziselwa amasiko onkulunkulu bangaphambi kukaColombia. IPhiramidi yeLanga yinde kunazo zonke, ime ngamamitha angama-65, kuyilapho iPhiramidi leNyanga lingelesibili ubude, limi kumamitha angama-43. Phakathi kuka-AD 100 kuya ku-AD 450, le piramidi yesibili kubhekwe ukuthi yakhiwe ngaphezu kwamazinga ayisikhombisa ezakhiwo.

Umgodi otholwe ngaphansi kwePiramidi yeNyanga ulinganisa amamitha ayi-15 ububanzi namamitha ayi-8 ukujula. Noma kunjalo, kunethuba elihle lokuthi kunemigudu eyengeziwe. Amasu we-geophysics (ANT ne-ERT) angenasidingo asetshenzisiwe kuphenyo, futhi baphumelela ekutholeni isikhala somgodi ongaphansi komhlaba.

Iphiramidi leNyanga
Iphiramidi Yenyanga © Wikimedia commons.

Izazi ze-Geophysicists zikhombe lo mhume ngo-2017, ngokusebenzisa i-Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT). Ucwaningo lwangaphambilini luphinde lwembula ubukhona beminye imigudu eyenziwe ngabantu ngaphansi kwePiramidi yeNyanga, kanye nemigwaqo nemihume ngaphansi kwePiramidi yeLanga kanye nePyramid yeNyoka Enezinyosi.

Lo mhume wasetshenziswa njengenhloko yawo wonke amaTeotihuacán

Eminyakeni engama-30 edlule, bekucatshangwa ukuthi lo “Mgede Wenyanga” ungokwemvelo, nokuthi abakhi bangaphambi kweColombia kumele basebenzise lo mhlaba ongaphansi komhlaba ukubeka isisekelo, ukulandelela, nokwakha idolobha eliphelele laseTeotihuacán. Umhume wasebenza njengendawo yokuqala.

Abasebenzi basusa ukungcola emhubheni ngaphansi kwePiramidi yeNyoka Enezimpiko, iTeotihuacán. Isikweletu: UJanet Jarman.
Izisebenzi ezisusa ukungcola emhubheni ngaphansi koMbhoshongo Wenyoka Enezimpiko, eTeotihuacán. © Janet Jarman

Ukwakha 1, isigaba sokuqala sesisekelo se- I-Pyramid weNyanga kanye “nesakhiwo esidala kunazo zonke esaziwayo saseTeotihuacán,” kungenye into ebhekisela kulo mqondo wasemadolobheni. Yakhiwa phakathi kuka-100 no-50 BC, yandulela zonke ezinye izakhiwo edolobheni.

Leso sigaba sokuqala sokwakha saqala ngaphambili kwiphiramidi futhi sakhula saze saba isakhiwo samanje futhi sahlanganisa wonke umhume ongaphansi komhlaba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iPhiramidi leNyanga lisenkabeni yeTeotihuacán, ekugcineni kwe-Avenue ebanzi yabafileyo (iCalzada de los Muertos), esebenza njengomgogodla wedolobha… Sigcizelela ukubaluleka kwalo lapho.

Ukubukwa kwe-Avenue of the Dead nePiramidi Yenyanga.
Ukubukwa kwe-Avenue of the Dead nePiramidi Yenyanga. © Wikimedia Commons

Ukubaluleka kwemipiramidi emithathu kaTeotihuacán akwaziwa, kepha lokhu kutholakala kwakamuva komhume ngaphansi kwePiramidi yeNyanga kuqedela imihubhe emithathu engaphansi komhlaba kulezi zinhlaka ezintathu. Ngenxa yalokhu, kucatshangwa ukuthi isiko lokwakha lifisa ukulingisa leli dumela ngaphansi komhlaba ngaphansi koMhlaba futhi ukhazimulise umhlaba wabafileyo.