Imfihlakalo yegumbi lokungcwaba elingaphazanyiswa ngaphakathi kwephiramidi eyaziwa kancane yase-Dahshur yaseGibhithe

Ngemva kokusebenza kanzima isikhathi eside, abavubukuli ekugcineni bathola umbhoshongo owawungaziwa ngaphambili. Noma kunjalo, ingxenye eyayijabulisa kakhulu kwakuwukutholakala kwephaseji eliyimfihlo elalisuka lapho kungenwa khona umbhoshongo liye endaweni engaphansi komhlaba esenkabeni yephiramidi.

Izimfihlakalo ezihlala njalo zaseGibhithe lasendulo zigcina abavubukuli abathakazelisayo, izazi-mlando, nomphakathi ngokufanayo. IZwe LoFaro liyenqaba ukuyeka izimfihlo zalo, futhi naphezu kokutholwa kwemivubukulo engenakubalwa, sivame ukuhlangana nezimfumbe kulo lonke elaseGibhithe. Elahlwe ngaphansi kwezihlabathi kukhona umcebo omkhulu wempucuko yasendulo enamandla kunayo yonke eyake yaba khona, abaseGibhithe lasendulo.

I-Sphinx kanye namaPiramid, e-Egypt
I-Sphinx namaPiramid, i-Wonder of the World edumile, e-Giza, e-Egypt. © Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Anton Aleksenko | Ilayisensi yakwa-Dreamstime.Com (Isithombe Sokuhlela/Sokusetshenziswa Kwezentengiso) ID 153537450

Ngezinye izikhathi abavubukuli bafika sekwephuzile kakhulu endaweni, basishiye nezimfihlakalo zasendulo ezingase zingaxazululeki. Lobo ubuhle kodwa inhlekelele yomlando wasendulo waseGibhithe. Sekuyisikhathi eside amathuna amahle asendulo aphangwa, futhi kungenzeka singazi ukuthi kwakungezobani izindawo zokungcwaba.

Itholakala cishe ngamamayela ayi-15 eningizimu yeCario, inxanxathela yeDahshur idume ngezakhiwo zayo ezimangalisayo ezakhiwa ngesikhathi soMbuso Omdala. I-Dahshur kukhona uchungechunge lwamaphiramidi, amathempeli agcina izidumbu, nezinye izakhiwo ezingakahlolisiswa.

Abavubukuli bashaqeka lapho bethola ukuthi leli gumbi lokungcwaba ligetshengwa.
Abavubukuli bashaqeka lapho bethola ukuthi leli gumbi lokungcwaba ligetshengwa. © Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Isiteshi seSmithsonian

Sekuyisikhathi eside abavubukuli bethi izindawo ezinjengeDahshur, kanye neGiza, Lisht, Meidum, neSaqqara zibalulekile njengoba imivubukulo etholwe lapho “izoqinisekisa noma ilungise sonke isikhathi sesigaba sokuthuthuka esingavamile sempucuko yaseGibhithe eyakhiwe imibhoshongo emikhulu kakhulu. , amagama (izifunda zokuphatha) ahlelwa, kwathi ama-hinterlands aba amakoloni ngaphakathi - okuwukuthi, ukuhlanganiswa kokuqala kombuso wesizwe saseGibhithe."

Ngaphezu kwalolu lwazi, imiphumela yamaphrojekthi anjalo okumba ngokwemvelo yayizophinde igcwalise izikhala zomlando futhi inikeze isithombe esibanzi sempilo nokufa koFaro kanye nabantu abavamile eGibhithe lasendulo.

Imibhoshongo eminingi yaseGibhithe yasendulo iye yacekelwa phansi, kodwa eminingana ifihlwe ngaphansi kwezihlabathi ezilindele ukuhlolwa kwesayensi. Esinye sezakhiwo zasendulo esithakazelisa kangaka iphiramidi esanda kutholwa e-Dahshur, indawo okwakungafinyeleleki kuyo ngaphambili eyayingaziwa umphakathi.

Iphiramidi Egobile, eDahshur, eGibhithe.
Iphiramidi Egobileyo iyiphiramidi yasendulo yaseGibhithe etholakala endaweni yobukhosi yaseDahshur, cishe amakhilomitha angu-40 eningizimu yeCairo, eyakhiwe ngaphansi koMbuso Omdala uFaro Sneferu (c. 2600 BC). Isibonelo esiyingqayizivele sokuthuthukiswa kwephiramidi yokuqala eGibhithe, lena kwakuyiphiramidi yesibili eyakhiwa ngu-Sneferu. © Elias Rovielo | Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

I-Dahshur iyi-necropolis yasendulo eyaziwa kakhulu ngamaphiramidi amaningana, amabili awo aphakathi kwamadala kakhulu, amakhulu kunawo wonke, futhi agcinwe kakhulu eGibhithe, akhiwa kusukela ngo-2613-2589 BC. AmaPiramidi amabili eDahshur, iPiramidi Egobile, kanye neRed Pyramid, akhiwa ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaFaro Sneferu (2613-2589 BC).

Iphiramidi Egobileyo kwaba umzamo wokuqala wephiramidi emaceleni abushelelezi, kodwa akubanga impumelelo, futhi uSneferu wanquma ukwakha enye ebizwa ngokuthi Iphiramidi Ebomvu. Amanye amaphiramidi amaningana oBukhosi be-13 akhiwa e-Dahshur, kodwa amaningi ambozwe yisihlabathi, cishe akunakwenzeka ukubonwa.

Iphiramidi Ebomvu, eDahshur, eGibhithe
I-Red Pyramid, ebizwa nangokuthi i-North Pyramid, iwumbhoshongo omkhulu kunayo yonke kwemibhoshongo emithathu emikhulu etholakala eDahshur necropolis eCairo, eGibhithe. Iqanjwe ngombala obomvu ogqwalile wamatshe ayo e-limestone abomvu, futhi iyiphiramidi yesithathu ngobukhulu yaseGibhithe, ngemva kwaleyo yaseKhufu neKhafra eGiza. © Elias Rovielo | I-Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Ngo 2017, UDkt Chris Naunton, uMongameli we-International Association of Egyptologists, waya e-Dahshur kanye nabasebenzi be-Smithsonian Channel futhi babhala okutholwe okuthakazelisayo kwephiramidi ethile.

Okutholwe yithimba kufana nendaba yakudala yabaseshi. Abavubukuli bendawo babethole amabhulokhi asindayo e-limestone asikwe kahle egqitshwe ekujuleni kwesihlabathi. UMnyango Wezasendulo wase-Egypt wabikelwa ngalokhu kutholwa, futhi abavubukuli bathunyelwa kule ndawo ukuze bayokumba.

Igumbi lokungcwaba i-dahshur
Igumbi lokungcwaba lalimbozwe ngamatshe amakhulu e-limestone. © Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Isiteshi seSmithsonian

Ngemva kokusebenza kanzima isikhathi eside, abavubukuli ekugcineni bathola umbhoshongo owawungaziwa ngaphambili. Noma kunjalo, ingxenye eyayijabulisa kakhulu kwakuwukutholakala kwephaseji eliyimfihlo elalisuka lapho kungenwa khona umbhoshongo liye endaweni engaphansi komhlaba esenkabeni yephiramidi. Igumbi lalivikelwe ngamabhulokhi e-limestone asindayo futhi amakhulu aqinisekisa ukuthi akekho ongadlula kalula futhi ahlole noma yini ebifihliwe ngaphakathi kombhoshongo wasendulo ongaqondakali.

Izithiyo azizange zibathene amandla abavubukuli ngempumelelo ngemva kwezinsuku ezithile zomsebenzi bakwazi ukungena ngaphakathi kombhoshongo. Konke kwakubonakala kubonisa ukuthi ipiramidi engaziwa eDahshur iqukethe amagugu asendulo futhi cishe umama.

Lapho ososayensi bezithola bengaphakathi endlini yokungcwaba bamangala lapho bebona othile owayevakashele le ndawo yasendulo kudala ngaphambi kwabo. Iphiramidi yaseDahshur yayigetshengiwe eminyakeni engaba ngu-4,000 XNUMX edlule. Ukuphangwa kwemibhoshongo esikhathini esidlule kwakuvamile, futhi umbhoshongo waseDahshur wawungesinye sezisulu eziningi zokugetshengwa.

Umuntu angakuqonda ukudumala kukaDkt. Naunton lapho ephosa amehlo egumbini lokungcwaba elingenalutho, kodwa iqiniso lihlala liwukuthi lokhu kutholwa kuyathakazelisa futhi kuphakamisa imibuzo ethile.

“Kunemibuzo emibili lapha okumele siqale sizame ukuyiphendula. Omunye ubani ongcwatshwe lapha? Lo mbhoshongo wakhelwe ubani? Okwesibili-ke, kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi ingcwaba elivalwe ngokuphelele, elingaphuliwe, liphazamiseke kanjani?” UDkt. Nauton uthi.

Ingabe umama webiwe kuphiramidi yase-Dahshur? Abaphangi badlula kanjani uphawu olwalungakathintwa? Ingabe abakhi bokuqala basendulo baphanga ikamelo lokungcwaba ngaphambi kokuba balivale? Lena eminye yemibuzo eminingi ebuzwa yile mfihlakalo yaseGibhithe lasendulo.