Abavubukuli bathole umlando oyingqayizivele ngesikhathi kumbiwa edolobheni lasendulo lasePerre, elitholakala esifundazweni sase-Adıyaman eningizimu-mpumalanga yeTurkey.
Kwatholwa indondo yezempi yethusi yeminyaka engu-1,800 XNUMX, nekhanda likaMedusa lifakwe kuyo. UMedusa, owaziwa nangokuthi uGorgo ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki, wayengomunye wamaGorgons amathathu asabekayo, okwakucatshangwa ukuthi angabesifazane abangabantu abanamaphiko abanezinyoka eziphilayo ezinobuthi bezinwele. Ababembuka emehlweni bayophenduka itshe.
Igama elithi “Medusa” ngolimi lwasendulo lwesiGreki lisho “umqaphi.” Ngakho-ke, ukubonakala kweMedusa ngobuciko besiGreki kuvame ukusetshenziswa ukuze kufanekisele ukuvikelwa futhi kuqhathaniswa neso elibi lesimanje elikhangisa ukuvikelwa emandleni amabi. I-Medusa yayiyi-amulet yokuvikela ezikhathini zasendulo, njenge-amulet yangaleso sikhathi, ukuvikela emimoyeni emibi.
Ngokusho kwenganekwane, ngisho nokubuka kafushane iso likaMedusa kungaphendula umuntu amatshe. Lesi esinye sezici ezijwayeleke kakhulu zikaMedusa futhi kungesinye sezizathu ezenza kucatshangwe ukuthi ungumqaphi okwazi ukuxosha imimoya emibi.
I-Medusa noma i-Gorgons ivame ukuvezwa ngaphambili kwezikhali zababusi baseRoma noma zojenene, phansi kwe-mosaic yonkana eBrithani naseGibhithe, nasezindongeni zasePompeii. U-Alexander Omkhulu ubuye aboniswe noMedusa esembathweni sakhe sezempi, ku-Issus mosaic.
Indaba ithi uMinerva (Athena) wafaka i-gorgon esihlanguni sakhe ukuze azenzele iqhawe elinamandla kakhulu. Ngokusobala, okuhle kunkulunkulukazi kuhle kubantu abaningi. Ngaphandle kokuthi ubuso bukaMedusa buwumklamo ojwayelekile ezihlangu nasezivinini zesifuba, buphinde bavela ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki. UZeus, u-Athena, nabanye onkulunkulu babevezwe ngesihlangu esiphethe ikhanda likaMedusa.
Ukumba esizeni kuyaqhubeka, kugxile kuma-mosaic kanye nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi 'isitebhisi esingapheli', kusho uMehmet Alkan, umqondisi wesigcinamagugu. Ngokusho kuka-Alkan, indondo enekhanda leMedusa indondo enikezwa isosha ngempumelelo yalo.
Bakholelwa ukuthi yayigqokwe yisosha phezu noma eduze kwehawu lalo ngesikhathi kunomkhosi wezempi. Ngonyaka odlule, bathola nediploma yezempi eneminyaka engu-1,800 ubudala lapha, abacabanga ukuthi yaklonyeliswa ngomsebenzi wezempi.
