Munguva yeVictorian, vaongorori nevafambi vakasiya chiratidzo chavo munhoroondo. Kufukunura tsika dzakarasika, temberi dzakavanzwa, uye maguta akavanzwa zvakanga zvakajairika. Kubva kuIndiana Jones kuenda kuAllan Quatermain; dzose dzakavapo munguva yadzo.
Kana iwe uchida kuverenga pamusoro pekuongorora kukuru uye zvakawanikwa, iwe unogona kunge unoziva kuti mazhinji acho akagadzirwa nevaongorori veBritish. Asi waizviziva here kuti muongorori weBritish mudiki anozivikanwa akanzi akawana guta rine mukurumbira rakarasika mumasango eSumatran?
Mukupera kwema1800, mumwe muongorori weBritain anoshamisa akanyangarika mumasango eSumatra. Tiri kutaura nezvaAlfred Isaac Middleton - zita risinganzwisisike iro rave kutenderera munharaunda dzakasiyana siyana dzepamhepo kusanganisira pa Reddit kwechinguva. Middleton anonzi akanyangarika achitsvaga matongo eguta rakarasika rekare rinozivikanwa seDawleetoo.
Yakanga iri chikamu chakasiyana zvachose chenguva, vaongorori vekuMadokero vakatenderera pasirese vachitsvaga nzvimbo itsva uye zvigadzirwa, uye masango eSumatra aive kuyedza kuenda panguva iyoyo. Kunyange nanhasi, zvikamu zvakawanda zveaya masango ane nyasha haasati anyatsoongororwa.
Iyi ndeyekare, iyi mazambiringa uye izvi zvinoshamisa, saka Smithsonian inofanira kubatanidzwa, nhoroondo inoti. Maererano neshumo yemazambiringa Smithsonian Magazine, aimbova mubatsiri waArthur Conan Doyle, shamwari yemuongorori Sir John Morris, aive nemuunganidzwa wezvinyorwa nezveAlfred Isaac Middleton; uye imwe yacho yakazivisa rwendo rusingadaviriki rwomuongorori wokumabvazuva.
Ikopi yeemail kubva kuBritish consulate yakatumirwa kumubatsiri waDoyle, ichitaura nezveakarasika cache yemagwaro uye rwendo rwunogona kuitwa nemuongorori weBritish anonzi Mr. Alfred Isaac Middleton. Zvisinganzwisisike, murume uyu akararama panguva yemumwe munhu anoshamisa anonzi Edward Allen Oxford. Verenga nyaya inonakidza yeOxford pano.
Middleton anga ari muongorori aivhima guta rakakanganwa rainzi Dawleetoo, iro rainge richinyeperwa kunge riri munzira kuenda kudhamu rainzi Lop Nur, sekureva kwaaimbova mubatsiri waDoyle. Lop Nur yaimbova dziva remunyu, ikozvino yakanyanya kuoma, iri kumucheto wekumabvazuva kweTarim Basin, pakati peTaklamakan neKumtag magwenga kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweXinjiang.
Zvinofungidzirwa kuti Middleton akavhiringidzika uye akarasika munzvimbo ine miti mikuru munzira inoenda kuLake Lop Nur. Iyo email yakataurawo nezve pfuma iyo Middleton anonzi akaunganidza akavigwa mubhokisi.
Sezviri pachena, isu hatizive zvakawanda nezve account yaMiddleton kunze kwemafoto aya ari pamusoro anga achitenderera painternet kwechinguva.
Hongu, mimwe yeiyi mifananidzo inonakidza inogona kunge isina hukama nechiitiko chaicho asi nyaya yaAlfred Isaac Middleton neguta rakarasika reDawleetoo rinogona kunge riri rechokwadi.
Maererano nebhuku, Iyo Yakarasika Casket yeDawleetoo (1881):
"Mishoni inonzi yakawana guta musango, rinonzi Dawleetoo. Sekureva kwaMiddleton, pakanga paine mepu yaive neguta regoridhe rakadzika kusvika kudhamu, pamwe chete negoridhe chifananidzo chemukadzi aibva kune imwe nyika yakarasika inonzi Atlantis.
Boka revanhu rakatumwa naMiddleton kunotsvaga guta, uye mumwe wevarume vacho anofungidzirwa kuti akawana bhokisi rakavigwa rakanga rakazara nendarama. Gwaro iri rinoti maererano netsamba yakawanikwa mudura rechechi, Middleton akarasika musango ndokutorwa semusungwa neboka revarume vaida goridhe nechifananidzo chacho. Middleton sezviri pachena akafira muusungwa. "
Kunyangwe hazvo, hapana ainyatsoziva pakanga pavigwa pfuma yake yose Middleton, mumwe murume ainzi John Hargreaves ainzi ndiye wechipiri pakuita basa iri, uye akatungamirira chimwe chikwata chevanhu musango kuti atore pfuma iyi. Pakupedzisira, zvakazoitika pakubuda kwaMiddleton hazvizivikanwe.
Vanyori vezvakaitika kare vazhinji vakaratidza kuti nyaya dzaAlfred Isaac Middleton ive manyepo uye kuti basa raMiddleton rekutsvaga Dawleetoo harina kumboitika; asi vazhinji vafundisi vane chokwadi chekuti rwendo rwacho rwaive rwechokwadi, asi kuti Middleton akashaika uye haana kuzombodzoka.
Ko Alfred Middleton akawana zvechokwadi guta rengano rakarasika nenguva? Kana zvakadaro, chii budiriro isinganzwisisike guta iri raiva nderake? Uye chii chakaitika kuna Middleton, akanyatsorasika mumasango eSumatra, kana kuti haana kuzombodzoka nemaune?
Kuti uzive zvakawanda nezvenyaya yacho, verenga bhuku iri: Iyo Yakarasika Casket yeDawleetoo (1881)
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