Impucuko yaseGibhithe lasendulo ibilokhu iwumthombo wokumangala nokuthakasela abantu emhlabeni wonke. Kusukela kumaphiramidi namathempeli awo amangalisayo kuya kuma-hieroglyphs awo angaqondakali, kuhlale kunokuthile okusha ongakuthola ngale mpucuko yasendulo. Kodwa-ke, ucwaningo olusha lusanda kwembula ulwazi oluthile oluphawulekayo ngomunye woFaro abadumile baseGibhithe lasendulo. Abacwaningi bakholelwa ukuthi izinsalela okuthiwa izinsalela ze-Sa-Nakht kungase kube umdondoshiya omdala owaziwayo.
Izinganekwane zigcwele izindaba zemidondoshiya, kusukela kuqhwa nomlilo wezinganekwane zamaNorse kuya kumaTitans ayelwa nonkulunkulu basezinganekwaneni zamaGreki asendulo. Nokho, imidondoshiya ayiyona nje inganekwane; ukukhula okusheshayo nokudlulele, isimo esaziwa ngokuthi i-gigantism, singenzeka lapho umzimba ukhiqiza i-hormone yokukhula eningi kakhulu. Lokhu ngokuvamile kwenzeka ngenxa yesimila ku-pituitary gland yobuchopho.
Ekuqhubekeni nocwaningo lwabo mayelana nezidumbu, ososayensi baye bahlola izinsalela zohlaka lwamathambo atholakala ngo-1901 ethuneni eliseduze kwaseBeit Khallaf eGibhithe. Kusukela ocwaningweni lwangaphambilini olwenziwa, izilinganiso zibeke iminyaka yalawa mathambo emuva oBukhosini Besithathu baseGibhithe, okwenzeka cishe kuma-2700 BC.
Umsebenzi wangaphambilini wawuphakamisa ukuthi uhlaka lwamathambo endoda - okungenzeka ukuthi yayingamafidi angu-6 no-1.6 amayintshi (1.987 amamitha) ubude - kwakungekaSa-Nakht, uFaro ngesikhathi soBukhosi Lwesithathu. Ucwaningo lwangaphambilini mayelana nezidumbu zomama baseGibhithe lasendulo luphakamise ukuthi ubude obujwayelekile bamadoda ngalesi sikhathi cishe babungamafidi angu-5 namayintshi angu-6 (1.7 m), kusho omunye umbhali wocwaningo uMichael Habicht, isazi saseGibhithe eNyuvesi yaseZurich's Institute of Evolutionary Medicine.
Amakhosi aseGibhithe lasendulo cishe ayengondlekile kangcono futhi enempilo engcono kunabantu abavamile bangaleso sikhathi, ngakho kwakungalindeleka ukuthi akhule abe made kunesilinganiso. Noma kunjalo, izinsalela ezingaphezu kwamafidi angu-6 ubude ososayensi abahlaziywe zizobe zingaphezu kuka-Ramesses II, uFaro waseGibhithe wasendulo owaqoshwa omude kunabo bonke, owaphila eminyakeni engaphezu kweyinkulungwane ngemva kuka-Sa-Nakht futhi engamamitha ayi-1,000 kuphela ama-intshi angu-5 (9 m) mude, kusho uHabicht.
Ocwaningweni olusha, u-Habicht nozakwabo bahlaziye kabusha ugebhezi namathambo okuthiwa yi-Sa-Nakht. Ngokusho kwabo, amathambo amade aloluhlaka lwamathambo abonisa ubufakazi “bokukhula okuchichimayo,” “okuyizimpawu ezicacile zobuqhwaga.”
Lokhu okutholakele kusikisela ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi lo mGibhithe wasendulo wayene-gigantism, okumenza abe yicala elidala elaziwayo lalesi sifo emhlabeni, kusho abacwaningi. Awekho amanye amalungu omndeni wasebukhosini aseGibhithe asendulo okwakwaziwa ukuthi ayeyimidondoshiya.
UHabicht uthe kubalulekile ukufunda ukuthi izifo ziye zavela kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi emkhakheni wezokwelapha namuhla. Phakathi nobukhosi bokuqala baseGibhithe, kwakubonakala sengathi abantu abanobude obufushane babethandwa futhi babebaningi babo ezikhundleni zobukhosi. Nokho, izizathu zalokhu kuthanda aziqiniseki.
Iqiniso lokuthi u-Sa-Nakht wangcwatshwa ngezindondo ethuneni le-mastaba elite, ngemuva kokukhula, liphakamisa ukuthi u-gigantism ngaleso sikhathi wawungahlotshaniswa nokuhlukaniswa nomphakathi, kusho abacwaningi.
Ososayensi bachaze kabanzi abakutholile kumagazini ka-August, 2017 I-Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
