Zinsinsi za Aigupto zidawululidwa: Labyrinth yotayika ya Egypt Yakale

Kwa zaka masauzande ambiri, Labyrinth Yaikulu ya Aigupto Akale imakhalabe nthano ya dziko lino, koma tsopano, akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale akufukula mbiri yotayika - zizindikiro zochititsa chidwi za kukhalapo kwake kwenikweni.

Pafupifupi zaka 2,500 zapitazo, panali "labyrinth" yayikulu ku Egypt yomwe, malinga ndi wolemba mbiri yakale wakale wachi Greek yemwe adaiona, "idaposa ma piramidi." Kwa zaka masauzande ambiri, Great Labyrinth waku Egypt wakale amakhalabe nthano padziko lino lapansi, koma tsopano, akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale akumba mbiri yotayika - zizindikilo zochititsa chidwi zakupezeka kwake.

Zojambula za labyrinth
Kujambula kwa labyrinth ya ku Egypt © cosco.one

Labyrinth Wamkulu wa ku Egypt wakale

Great Labyrinth waku Egypt wakale anali nyumba yayikulu, yazitali ziwiri. Mkati mwake, munali zipinda 3,000 zosiyana, zonse zolumikizidwa modutsa m'mizere yokhotakhota kotero kuti palibe amene angatuluke popanda wowongolera. Pansi, panali malo obisika omwe anali ngati manda a mafumu, ndipo pamwamba pake panali denga lalikulu lopangidwa ndi mbale yayikulu yamwala.

Olemba akale ambiri adaziwonera ndekha, koma zaka 2,500 pambuyo pake, sitikudziwa kwenikweni komwe kuli. Choyandikira kwambiri chomwe tapezapo ndi chimwala chachikulu chamiyala 300 mita chomwe ena amakhulupirira kuti kale inali maziko a Lost Labyrinth. Ngakhale, nkhani zapamwamba za kapangidwe kake zidatayika kwathunthu kupyola mibadwo.

Mpaka pano, palibe amene adakumba kapena kulowa mkati. Mpaka pomwe wina adzafike mu Labyrinth, sitidziwa ngati tapezadi chimodzi mwazinthu zodabwitsa kwambiri zokumbidwa pansi ku Egypt.

Chinsinsi chovumbulutsidwa ndi Herodotus

Herodotus
Herodotus waku Halicarnassus (cha m'ma 484-430 BCE). A Herodotus adalemba (Histories, Book, II, 148.) za labyrinth atachezera nyumbayi mzaka za zana lachisanu Nyengo Yathu Ino Isanafike. Herodotos amafotokoza labyrinth ngati chipilala chachikulu cha mafumu khumi ndi awiri (ma dodecarchs), opitilira ngakhale mapiramidi.

Kwa Herodotus, monga kwa Agiriki ambiri, Igupto anali dziko lomwe silinasiye kudabwitsika. Linali dziko lazikhalidwe zachilendo, zomera zachilendo ndi nyama komanso malo odziwika bwino koma, koposa zonse mwina, linali dziko lazopanga zokongola kwambiri.

Herodotus adadzionera yekha zozizwitsa zambiri zaku Egypt kuphatikiza Labyrinth yotayika ndipo adazifotokoza ndendende. M'buku lachiwiri lake 'Mbiri', Herodotus analemba za Labyrinth m'zaka za zana lachisanu BC:

“Izi ndaona, ntchito yoposa mawu. Pakuti ngati wina atasonkhanitsa nyumba za Agiriki ndikuwonetsera ntchito zawo, angawoneke ngati ocheperako poyesetsa komanso kuwonongera labyrinth iyi ... Ngakhale mapiramidi sangathe kunena, ndipo iliyonse inali yofanana ndi ntchito zamphamvu za Agiriki. Komabe labyrinth imaposa ngakhale mapiramidi.

Ili ndi makhothi khumi ndi awiri okutidwa - zisanu ndi chimodzi mzere moyang'ana kumpoto, zisanu ndi chimodzi kumwera - zipata za mulingo womwewo zikuyang'ana zipata za zinazo. Mkati, nyumbayi ili ndi zipinda ziwiri ndipo ili ndi zipinda zikwi zitatu, zomwe theka lake ndilobisalira, ndipo theka lina pamwamba pake.

Adandilowetsa m'zipinda zam'mwamba, ndiye zomwe ndikanene za iwo ndi zomwe ndawona, koma zapansi pa nthaka zomwe ndinganene za lipotilo, chifukwa Aiguputo omwe amawayang'anira sanandilole kuti ndiwawone, chifukwa Mulinso manda a mafumu omwe adapanga labu, komanso manda a ng'ona zopatulika.

Zipinda zam'mwamba, m'malo mwake, ndimawonadi, ndipo ndizovuta kukhulupirira kuti ndi ntchito ya anthu; ndime zododometsa komanso zovuta kuzimvetsa kuchokera kuchipinda kupita kuchipinda china komanso kuchokera kukhothi kupita kukhothi zinali zodabwitsa kwa ine, pamene timadutsa kuchokera kubwalo kulowa muzipinda, kuchokera kuzipinda mpaka tinyumba tating'onoting'ono, kuchokera pazinyumba kupita kuzipinda zambiri ndikupita kumabwalo ena ambiri.

Denga la chipinda chilichonse, bwalo, ndi nyumbayi lili ngati makoma amiyala. Makoma ake anali okutidwa ndi ziboliboli, ndipo khothi lililonse limamangidwa mwaluso ndi miyala yamiyala yoyera komanso mozunguliridwa ndi zipilala. ”

Kwa nthawi yayitali, malo enieni a Great Labyrinth sanadziwikebe. Popeza a Herodotus adayendera malo odziwika bwino a Labyrinth aku Egypt pafupifupi zaka 2500 zapitazo, nyumbayo idasoweka m'nthawi yayitali.

Zomwe Pulofesa Flinders Petrie anapeza

Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Mpainiya wa ndondomeko ya ndondomeko ya zinthu zakale zokumbidwa pansi, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie anapanga zofukula zazikulu zoyamba ku Hawara mu 1888-1889 ndi 1910-1911. Adawulula umboni wa ntchito za anthu komanso zochitika kuyambira ku Middle Kingdom mpaka nthawi za Coptic. Chinthu choyamba cha ntchito zakale za Petrie ku Hawara chinali kuphunzira piramidi ya Middle Kingdom. Chachiwiri, anali ndi chidwi ndi labyrinth ya zolemba zolemba. © Public Domain

Mu 1888, Pulofesa Flinders Petrie mwina adapeza malo enieni a Labyrinth yaku Egypt ku Hawara. Maziko oyambilira adakwanira kuti kukula kwake ndikuwongolera kwa nyumbayo kukhazikike bwino. Labyrinth inali pafupifupi 304 mita kutalika ndi 244 mita mulifupi. Mwanjira ina, inali yayikulu mokwanira kukhala ndi akachisi akulu a Karnak ndi Luxor!

Hawara: Piramidi ya Pharaoh Amenemhat III

piramidi ya hawara
Piramidi ya Amenemhet III, mfumu yayikulu yomaliza ya mzera wa 12 (pafupifupi 1855-1808 BCE) ku Hawara, Egypt, kuchokera kum'mawa. © Wikimedia Commons

Amenemhat III anali wolamulira wamphamvu womaliza mu Mzera wa 12, ndipo piramidi yomwe adamanga ku Hawara, m'zaka za zana la 19 BC, akukhulupilira kuti idatcha dzina loti "Black Pyramid" lomwe limangidwa ndi wolamulira yemweyo ku Dahshur. Amakhulupirira kuti anali malo opumulira omaliza a Amenemhet. Ku Hawara kunalinso manda osasunthika (piramidi) a Neferu-Ptah, mwana wamkazi wa Amenemhet III. Manda awa adapezeka pafupifupi 2 km kumwera kwa piramidi yamfumu.

Kachisi wamkulu wam'manda yemwe anali moyandikana ndi piramidiyu amakhulupirira kuti ndiye anali maziko a nyumba zomwe zili ndi tambirimbiri komanso mabwalo otchedwa "labyrinth" a Herodotus, ndipo a Strabo ndi Diodorus Siculus.

Dahshur: Piramidi Yakuda & Pyramidion

Piramidi Yakuda ku Dahsur.
Piramidi Yakuda ku Dahsur. © Wikimedia Commons

Piramidi Yakuda idamangidwa ndi King Amenemhat III (1860-1814 BC) nthawi ya Middle Kingdom ya Egypt (2055-1650 BC). Ndi amodzi mwamapiramidi asanu otsala a mapiramidi khumi ndi anayi oyamba ku Dahshur ku Egypt. Amadziwika koyambirira “Amenemhet Ndi Wamphamvu,” piramidiyo idatchedwa "Piramidi Yakuda" chifukwa chakuda kwake, ndikuwoneka ngati phulusa.

Pomwe piramidi yakale kwambiri ku Egypt idamangidwa cha m'ma 2630 BC ku Saqqara, chifukwa cha mzera wachifumu wa King Djoser, Pyramid Wakuda anali woyamba ku Egypt kusungitsa pharao wakufayo ndi mfumukazi zake. Komabe, a Farao Amenemhat III sanaikidwe pano. Adaikidwa m'manda ku piramidi ya Hawara, Labyrinth yodziwika bwino poyambirira idayima pafupi ndi ichi.

Piramidi yopezeka ku "Black Pyramid" ya Amenemhat III ku Dahshur.
Piramidi yopezeka pa "Black Pyramid" ya Amenemhat III ku Dahshur. © Wikimedia Commons

Piramidi, yomwe ndi mwala wapamwala wa piramidi kapena obelisk, idakutidwa ndi zolemba ndi zizindikilo zachipembedzo. Zina mwa izi zidakopedwa, ndikupangitsa ochita kafukufuku kuti anena kuti piramidiyo sinagwiritsidwepo ntchito kapena idagwiritsidwapo ntchito adaipitsidwa panthawi ya ulamuliro wa Akhenaten.

Pyramidion, lomwe ndi mwala wapamwamba wa piramidi kapena obelisk, limatchedwanso mwala wa Benben. M'malingaliro achilengedwe amtundu wachipembedzo chakale cha Aigupto, Benben anali phiri lomwe lidachokera m'madzi akale a Nu pomwe mulungu wopanga Atum adakhazikika.

Mwala wapachiyambi wa Benben, wotchedwa dzina la chitunda, unali mwala wopatulika m'kachisi wa Ra ku Heliopolis. Anali malo pomwe kuwala koyamba kwa dzuwa kudagwera. Amaganiziridwa kuti anali otengera zipilala zamtsogolo ndipo miyala yamiyala yayikulu yamapiramidi yayikulu idapangidwa.

The mulungu wa mbalame Bennu, yemwe mwina anali kudzoza kwa mbalame yosafa Phoenix, analemekezedwa ku Heliopolis, kumene amati ankakhala pa mwala wa Benben kapena pamtengo wa msondodzi wopatulika. Miyala yambiri ya Benben, yomwe imakonda kujambulidwa ndi zifanizo ndi zolembedwa, imapezeka museums padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo piramidi ya "Pyramid Wakuda" ndi amodzi mwa iwo.

Labyrinth ya ku Egypt yotayika - zatsopano

Labyrinth yaku Egypt
Chithunzi cha Egypt Labyrinth 'Tsopano' ndi 'Ndiye'. © Mbiri Yakale

Popanda zotsalira zowoneka, nkhani ya Great Egypt Labyrinth idaganiziridwa kuti ndi nthano chabe yopitilira mibadwo mpaka katswiri wazambiri ku Egypt Flinders Petrie adavumbula "maziko" ake kumapeto kwa ma 1880, akatswiri otsogolera ku labyrinth adawonongedwa muulamuliro wa Ptolemy II, ndipo ndimakonda kumanga mzinda wapafupi wa Shedyt kuti tilemekeze mkazi wake Arsinoe.

Piramidi ya miyala yamiyala. Sir Flinders Petrie adaganiza kuti izi zikuyimira mtundu wa piramidi ya Hawara. Dongosolo lalikulu la zomangamanga ku Phedolemaic ku Shedyt akuti akuti ndiye komwe amapitako ku Middle Kingdom zipilala zamiyala ndi mabuloko omwe achotsedwa ku Hawara, ndipo tsopano atayika.
Piramidi ya miyala yamchere. Sir Flinders Petrie ankaganiza kuti izi zikuyimira chitsanzo cha piramidi ya Hawara. Dongosolo lalikulu lomanga la Ptolemaic ku Shedyt lanenedwa ngati kopita kopita ku Middle Kingdom mizati ndi midadada yochotsedwa ku Hawara, ndipo tsopano yatayika. © Wikimedia Commons

Koma, mu 2008, akatswiri ofukula zakale omwe adagwira ntchito pa Mataha Expedition adapeza zodabwitsa pansi pamchenga. Atasanthula mbali zina za dera la Hawara adapeza lingaliro lamphamvu lazipinda zazitali ndi makoma mamitala angapo pansi pake mpaka kuzama kwakukulu.

Pyramid of the 12th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenemhat III ku Hawara, kum'mawa.
Piramidi ya Pharaoh Amenemhat III ku Hawara. Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale anafufuza mchenga womwe unali pafupi ndi mabwinja a piramidi imeneyi. © Wikimedia Commons

Zotsatira za gulu lofufuzirazo zidatsimikizira kuti panali zinthu zakale kumwera kwa piramidi ya Hawara ya Amenemhat III. Zojambulazo zidawonetsa makoma owongoka a mamitala angapo, omwe amalumikizidwa ndikupanga zipinda zingapo zotsekedwa.

Kutsiliza

Great Labyrinth waku Egypt wakale adachezeredwa ndikuwonedwa ndi eni mbiri yakale zaka zikwizikwi zapitazo, komabe pamapeto pake, adatayika pamchenga wachipululu ndipo kupezeka kwake sikunadziwike kwazaka zopitilira 2,500.

M'zaka za zana la 21 lino, tapeza mabwinja omwe pansi pake, akuwoneka kuti ndi Labyrinth yapansi panthaka monga momwe olemba akale adafotokozera. Koma kodi ndi Labyrinth Yaikulu Ya Aigupto Akale kapena ayi ikadali yovuta kudziwa mbiri yakale.