Ng'ona zidadulidwa mwapadera pamalo a Qubbat al-Hawā ku Egypt m'zaka za m'ma 5 BC, malinga ndi kafukufuku yemwe adafalitsidwa pa Januware 18, 2023 m'magazini opezeka anthu ambiri PLOS ONE wolemba Bea De Cupe wa Royal Belgian Institute of Natural. Sciences, Belgium, ndi University of Jaén, Spain, ndi anzawo.
Nyama zosweka, kuphatikizapo ng’ona, ndizofala kwambiri m’malo ofukula mabwinja a ku Aigupto. Ngakhale kuti pali ng'ona mazana angapo osungidwa m'malo osungiramo zinthu zakale padziko lonse lapansi, nthawi zambiri safufuzidwa bwino. Mu phunziro ili, olembawo amapereka kusanthula mwatsatanetsatane za morphology ndi kusungidwa kwa mitembo khumi ya ng'ona yomwe imapezeka m'manda a miyala pamalo a Qubbat al-Hawā kumadzulo kwa mtsinje wa Nile.
Ma mummies anali ndi zigaza zisanu zokhazokha ndi zigoba zisanu, zomwe ochita kafukufuku adatha kuzifufuza popanda kumasula kapena kugwiritsa ntchito CT-scanning ndi radiography. Malingana ndi maonekedwe a ng'ona, mitundu iwiri ya ng'ona inadziwika: ng'ona za ku West Africa ndi Nile, zokhala ndi zitsanzo za 1.5 mpaka 3.5 mamita m'litali.
Kasungidwe ka mitemboyi ndi yosiyana ndi yomwe imapezeka kumalo ena, makamaka kusowa umboni wogwiritsira ntchito utomoni kapena kuchotsa mitembo monga gawo la njira yophera mitembo. Njira yosungiramo ikuwonetsa zaka za Ptolemaic, zomwe zimagwirizana ndi gawo lomaliza la maliro a Qubbat al-Hawā m'zaka za zana la 5 BC.
Kuyerekeza ma mummies pakati pa malo ofukula zinthu zakale ndi kothandiza pozindikira momwe nyama zimagwiritsidwira ntchito komanso machitidwe opha nyama pakapita nthawi. Zoperewera za kafukufukuyu zidaphatikizanso kusowa kwa DNA yakale komanso radiocarbon yomwe ingakhale yothandiza pakuyenga kuzindikira komanso kukhala ndi nthawi ya mabwinja. Maphunziro amtsogolo ophatikiza njirazi athandizira kumvetsetsa kwasayansi za miyambo yakale yaku Egypt.
Olembawo akuwonjezera kuti, “Mitembo khumi ya ng’ona, kuphatikizapo matupi asanu kapena kucheperapo ndi mitu isanu, inapezedwa m’manda osasokonezeka a Qubbat al-Hawā (Aswan, Egypt). Mitemboyo inali m’mikhalidwe yosiyana-siyana ya kusungidwa ndi kukwanira.”
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