Ngexesha le-Victorian, abahloli bamazwe kunye nabahambi bashiya uphawu lwabo kwimbali. Ukutyhila iinkcubeko ezilahlekileyo, iitempile ezifihlakeleyo, kunye izixeko ezifihliweyo yayiyinto eqhelekileyo. Ukusuka e-Indiana Jones ukuya ku-Allan Quatermain; zonke zazikho ngexesha lazo.
Ukuba uyathanda ukufunda malunga nophononongo olukhulu kunye nezinto ezifunyenweyo, mhlawumbi uyazi ukuba uninzi lwazo lwenziwa ngabahloli baseBritane. Kodwa ngaba ubusazi ukuba umkhenkethi omncinci owaziwayo waseBhritane unikwe imbeko ngokufumana isixeko esidumileyo esilahlekileyo kumahlathi aseSumatran?
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1800, umkhenkethi waseBritani ongaqhelekanga wathi shwaka kumahlathi aseSumatra. Sithetha ngo-Alfred Isaac Middleton - igama elingaqondakaliyo ebelijikeleza kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ze-intanethi kubandakanya ne-intanethi. Reddit ixeshana. UMiddleton kuthiwa wanyamalala ngelixa wayekhangela amabhodlo esixeko sakudala esasilahlekile esasisaziwa njengeDawleetoo.
Kwakuyicandelo lexesha elahluke ngokupheleleyo, abahloli bamazwe baseNtshona bajikeleza ihlabathi befuna iindawo ezintsha kunye nezinto zobugcisa, kwaye amahlathi aseSumatra ayeyindawo ehehayo ngelo xesha. Nanamhlanje, iindawo ezininzi zala mahlathi anqabileyo awakahlolisiswa ngokupheleleyo.
Oku kukudala, oku kudala kwaye oku kuyamangalisa, ngoko Smithsonian kufuneka ithathe inxaxheba, imbali ithi. Ngokwengxelo yeediliya zeSmithsonian Magazine, owayesakuba ngumncedisi ka-Arthur Conan Doyle, umhlobo womhloli uSir John Morris, wayenengqokelela yamaxwebhu malunga noAlfred Isaac Middleton; yaza enye yazo yatyhila uhambo olumangalisayo lomhloli oluya ngasempuma.
Ikopi ye-imeyile evela kwi-consulate yaseBrithani yathunyelwa kumncedisi kaDoyle, ekhankanya i-cache elahlekileyo yamaxwebhu kunye nohambo olunokwenzeka ngumhloli waseBrithani ogama linguMnu Alfred Isaac Middleton. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, le ndoda iphila ngaxeshanye nomnye umntu ongaqhelekanga ogama linguEdward Allen Oxford. Funda ibali likaOxford elinika umdla Apha.
UMiddleton wayengumhloli wamazwe owayezingela isixeko esilityelweyo esibizwa ngokuba yiDawleetoo, ekwakusithiwa sisendleleni eya kwichibi elibizwa ngokuba yiLop Nur, ngokutsho kukaDoyle owayesakuba ngumncedisi. I-Lop Nur yayilichibi langaphambili letyuwa, ngoku lomile kakhulu, elikumda osempuma weTarim Basin, phakathi kweTaklamakan kunye neentlango zaseKumtag kumazantsi mpuma eXinjiang.
Kucingelwa ukuba uMiddleton waphazamiseka kwaye walahleka kwindawo enemithi eshinyeneyo kwindlela eya kwichibi iLop Nur. I-imeyile iphinde yakhankanya ubuncwane ekwakusithiwa uMiddleton waqokelela waza wangcwatywa kwibhokisi.
Ngokucacileyo, asazi kakhulu malunga neakhawunti kaMiddleton ngaphandle kwezi foto zingasentla eziye zajikeleza kwi-intanethi kangangexesha elithile.
Ewe, eminye yale mifanekiso inomdla isenokungahambelani nesiganeko sokwenyani kodwa ibali lika-Alfred Isaac Middleton kunye nesixeko esilahlekileyo saseDawleetoo sinokuba yimvelaphi yokwenyani.
Ngokutsho kwencwadi, ICasket elahlekileyo kaDawleetoo (1881):
“Imishini kucingelwa ukuba ifumene isixeko ehlathini, esibizwa ngokuba yiDawleetoo. Ngokutsho kukaMiddleton, kwakukho imephu eyayinesixeko segolide esihla saya kutsho echibini, kunye nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo wegolide webhinqa elalivela kwilizwekazi elilahlekileyo elibizwa ngokuba yiAtlantis.
Iqela labantu lathunyelwa nguMiddleton ukuba liye kukhangela esi sixeko, yaye kucingelwa ukuba enye yaloo madoda yafumana ibhokisi engcwatyiweyo eyayizaliswe yigolide. Ingxelo ithi ngokweleta eyafunyanwa kwindawo yogcino-zincwadi zecawa, uMiddleton walahleka ehlathini waza wabanjwa liqela lamadoda awayefuna igolide nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo. Kuyabonakala ukuba uMiddleton wafela ekuthinjweni.”
Nangona, akukho mntu wazi kakuhle apho uMiddleton wayebungcwabe khona bonke ubutyebi bakhe, indoda egama linguJohn Hargreaves kwathiwa ingowesibini ekulawuleni le mishini, kwaye yakhokelela elinye iqela labantu ehlathini ukuze libuyise ubuncwane. Ekugqibeleni, oko kwenzeka kuhambo lukaMiddleton akwaziwa.
Ababhali-mbali abaninzi abaqhelekileyo bacebise ukuba amabali ka-Alfred Isaac Middleton abe yinkohliso nje nokuba uthumo lukaMiddleton lokufumana uDawleetoo aluzange lwenzeke; kodwa abaninzi iithiyori baqinisekile ukuba olu hambo lwaluyinyani, kodwa uMiddleton walahleka kwaye akazange abuye.
Ngaba uAlfred Middleton wafumanisa ngokwenene isixeko sasentsomini esilahlekileyo ngexesha? Ukuba kunjalo, yintoni impucuko engaqondakaliyo lo mzi wawungowabo? Kwaye kwenzeka ntoni kuMiddleton, ngaba ngokwenene walahleka kumahlathi aseSumatra, okanye akazange abuye ngenjongo?
Ukwazi ngakumbi ngebali, funda le ncwadi: ICasket elahlekileyo yaseDawleetoo (1881)
*Qaphela: Ulwazi lweli nqaku leendaba luthatyathwe kwi-Medium.com, Wikipedia.org & DailyMysteries.com. Iya kusetyenziswa ngendlela ekufanelekelayo ukuba tyenziswa kakuhle phantsi komthetho we-copyright wase-US.
