M'nthawi ya Victorian, ofufuza komanso ochita masewerawa adasiya mbiri yawo. Kuvundukula zikhalidwe zotayika, akachisi obisika, ndi mizinda yobisika zinali zofala. Kuchokera ku Indiana Jones kupita ku Allan Quatermain; onse analipo mu nthawi yawo.
Ngati mumakonda kuwerenga za zofufuza zazikulu ndi zopezedwa, mwina mukudziwa kuti zambiri zidapangidwa ndi ofufuza aku Britain. Koma kodi mumadziwa kuti wofufuza wodziwika pang'ono wa ku Britain adadziwika kuti adapeza mzinda wodziwika bwino wotayika m'nkhalango za Sumatran?
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m’ma 1800, munthu wina wofufuza malo wa ku Britain wodabwitsa anazimiririka m’nkhalango za ku Sumatra. Tikukamba za Alfred Isaac Middleton - dzina lodabwitsa lomwe lakhala likuyandama m'madera osiyanasiyana a intaneti kuphatikizapo pa. Reddit kwakanthawi. Akuti Middleton adasowa pofufuza mabwinja a mzinda wakale wotayika womwe umadziwika kuti Dawleetoo.
Inali nthawi yosiyana kwambiri, ofufuza a Kumadzulo adayendayenda padziko lonse lapansi kufunafuna malo atsopano ndi zinthu zakale, ndipo nkhalango za Sumatra zinali zokopa panthawiyo. Ngakhale lero, mbali zambiri za nkhalango zokongolazi sizinafufuzidwe mokwanira.
Izi ndi zakale, izi ndi mpesa ndipo izi ndi zachilendo, kotero Smithsonian ayenera kutengapo mbali, mbiri imatero. Malinga ndi lipoti la Smithsonian Magazine la mpesa, wothandizira wakale wa Arthur Conan Doyle, bwenzi la wofufuza malo Sir John Morris, anali ndi zolemba za Alfred Isaac Middleton; ndipo imodzi mwa izo idavumbulutsa ulendo wodabwitsa wa wofufuza wopita kummawa.
Imelo yochokera ku kazembe wa ku Britain idatumizidwa kwa wothandizira wa Doyle, kutchula zolemba zomwe zidatayika komanso ulendo womwe wofufuza wina waku Britain dzina lake Bambo Alfred Isaac Middleton adachita. Mosadabwitsa, munthu uyu ndi wanthawi ya munthu wina wachilendo dzina lake Edward Allen Oxford. Werengani nkhani yosangalatsa ya Oxford Pano.
Middleton anali wofufuza yemwe amasaka mzinda womwe waiwalika wotchedwa Dawleetoo, womwe mphekesera zimamveka kuti uli panjira yopita kunyanja yotchedwa Lop Nur, malinga ndi wothandizira wakale wa Doyle. Lop Nur ndi nyanja yakale yamchere, yomwe tsopano yowuma kwambiri, yomwe ili m'mphepete mwakum'mawa kwa Tarim Basin, pakati pa zipululu za Taklamakan ndi Kumtag kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Xinjiang.
Zikuganiziridwa kuti Middleton adasokonezeka ndikutayika m'nkhalango zakuda panjira yopita ku nyanja ya Lop Nur. Imeloyo idatchulanso chuma chomwe Middleton akuti adasonkhanitsa ndikuchikwirira m'bokosi.
Mwachidziwikire, sitikudziwa zambiri za akaunti ya Middleton kupatula zithunzi zomwe zakhala zikufalikira pa intaneti kwakanthawi.
Inde, zina mwa zithunzi zochititsa chidwizi sizingakhale zogwirizana ndi zochitika zenizeni koma nkhani ya Alfred Isaac Middleton ndi mzinda wotayika wa Dawleetoo ukhoza kukhala weniweni.
Malinga ndi bukuli, Bokosi Lotayika la Dawleetoo (1881):
"Ntchitoyi akuti idapeza mzinda m'nkhalango, wotchedwa Dawleetoo. Malingana ndi Middleton, panali mapu omwe anali ndi mzinda wagolide womwe unatsikira kunyanja, komanso chifaniziro cha golidi cha mkazi yemwe anachokera ku kontinenti yotayika yotchedwa Atlantis.
Gulu la anthu linatumizidwa ndi Middleton kuti akafufuze mzindawo, ndipo akuti mmodzi wa amunawo anapeza bokosi lokwiriridwa lodzaza ndi golide. Lipotilo linanena kuti malinga ndi kalata yomwe inapezeka m’malo osungiramo zinthu zakale atchalitchi, Middleton anatayika m’nkhalango ndipo anatengedwa ukapolo ndi gulu la amuna amene ankafuna golide ndi fanolo. Zikuoneka kuti Middleton anafera ku ukapolo.”
Ngakhale kuti palibe amene ankadziwa kumene Middleton anakwirira chuma chake chonse, mwamuna wina dzina lake John Hargreaves ankatchedwa kuti anali wachiwiri pa ntchitoyo, ndipo anatsogolera gulu lina la anthu m’nkhalango kuti akatenge chumacho. Pomaliza, zomwe zidachitika paulendo wa Middleton sizikudziwika.
Akatswiri ambiri a mbiri yakale amati nkhani za Alfred Isaac Middleton ndi zabodza chabe komanso kuti cholinga cha Middleton chofuna kupeza Dawleetoo sichinachitikepo; koma ambiri akatswiri amalingaliro ali otsimikiza kuti ulendowo unali weniweni, koma Middleton anasowa ndipo sanabwerere.
Kodi Alfred Middleton adapezadi mzinda wanthano womwe unatayika pakapita nthawi? Ngati ndi choncho, bwanji chitukuko chodabwitsa mzinda uwu unali wake? Ndipo zomwe zidachitikira Middleton, kodi adatayikadi m'nkhalango za Sumatra, kapena sanabwerenso mwadala?
Kuti mudziwe zambiri za nkhaniyi, werengani bukuli: Bokosi Lotayika la Dawleetoo (1881)
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