Isazi semivubukulo uKathleen Martínez uhola imishini yase-Egypt-Dominican ebilokhu ihlola ngokucophelela izinsalela zeTaposiris Magna necropolis, entshonalanga ye-Alexandria, kusukela ngo-2005. Ithempeli elingakhiwa ngomunye wozalo lukajenene ka-Alexander the Great: iNkosi uPtolemy IV, owabusa isifunda kusuka ngo-221 BC kuya ku-204 BC.
Isikhungo esimangazayo sezinsalela zemivubukulo, lapho izinhlamvu zemali ezahlukahlukene ezinomfanekiso weNdlovukazi uCleopatra VII sezivele zitholakele. Manje, bathole izinsalela ezindala, okungenani ezineminyaka engama-2,000 XNUMX ubudala. Cishe kungcwatshwa amaGrikhi namaRoma angaba yishumi nanhlanu, anezidumbu ezahlukahlukene, phakathi kwazo okugqame kakhulu.
Izidumbu ezitholakale lapho zazisesimweni esingesihle sokulondolozwa, futhi esinye sezici esibe nomthelela omkhulukazi emhlabeni jikelele ukuthi ulimi lwegolide olutholwe kwesinye sazo, olwabekwa lapho njengesiko lokuqinisekisa ikhono lalo lokukhuluma phambi kwenkantolo ka-Osiris, ebekwe icala lokwahlulela abafileyo ngemuva kwempilo.
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Umsebenzi wase-Egypt-Dominican, osebenza ethempelini iTaposiris Magna entshonalanga ye-Alexandria, uphumelele ekutholeni ukungcwatshwa kwabangu-16 emathuneni aqoshwe edwaleni pic.twitter.com/x6Yr7g1zo8- UMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezinto Zakudala (@TourismandAntiq) January 29, 2021
Lesi sikhungo sibika nokuthi esinye sezidumbu ezitholakele sasiqukethe ubuhlalu begolide bakwa-Osiris, kanti omunye umama wayegqoke umqhele ohlotshiswe ngezimpondo nemfezi ebunzini lakhe. Umgexo wegolide osesimweni sikaklebe, uphawu lukankulunkulu uHorus, wabuye watholwa esifubeni sikamama wokugcina.
Ngokusho komqondisi-jikelele woMnyango Wezinto Zakudala e-Alexandria, uKhaled Abu al Hamd, ezinyangeni ezedlule bathole futhi imaskhi yomngcwabo yowesifazane, izingcwecwe zegolide eziyisishiyagalombili nezimaski zemabula ezihlanjululwe eziyisishiyagalombili.
Uhambo lwase-Egypt-Dominican seluneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15 luhlanganisa le ndawo ngoba banethemba lokuthola ithuna likaCleopatra oyinganekwane. Ngokwendaba, ufaro wazibulala ngokumluma ngo-AD 30 ngemuva kokuthi isithandwa sakhe, ujenene waseRoma uMark Antony, wophe wafa ezingalweni zakhe. Okungenani lolu uhlobo olusemthethweni oluvele emibhalweni kaPlutarch ngoba kusolwa nokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi wafakwa ubuthi.
