Uma kudlula isikhathi esiningi kutholwa izinto eziningi emhlabeni jikelele. Lokhu okutholakele okumangalisayo kusisiza ukuthi sifunde kabanzi mayelana nesikhathi sethu esedlule futhi sakhe isithombe esicacayo ngokuya ngokuthi impucuko yethu yavela kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Ithimba elivela emkhankasweni wemivubukulo elisebenza ethafeni eliwugwadule entshonalanga ye-Abydos, e-Upper Egypt, lithole iqembu lezikhala ezivulekile lisakazeke ohlangothini oluphakeme kakhulu lwewa - okuyinto ngokungangabazeki engakholeki neze.
UDkt.Mustafa Waziri, uNobhala-Jikelele woMkhandlu Ophakeme Wezinto Zakudala, uthe lokhu kuvuleka nokungena kusendaweni yesigodi esingcwele eningizimu yamathuna asebukhosini e-Umm al-Qa'ab, futhi umlando wabo wasendulo ubuyela emuva inkathi kaPtolemaic (323 - 30 BC).
Ngemuva kocwaningo olunemininingwane eminingi, kutholakale ukuthi la masango aholela emakamelweni aqoshwe edwaleni, angamamitha amane ukuphakama, futhi iningi lawo lihluka phakathi kwegumbi eli-1 nele-2 - yize kukhona amanye anama-3 nelinye iqembu eliqukethe phezulu emakamelweni amahlanu axhunywe yimifantu eqinile enqunywe ezindongeni.
UMohamed Abdel-Badi, oyinhloko yoMnyango Omkhulu Wezinto Zakudala zase-Upper Egypt futhi oyinhloko yemishini, uthe la magumbi amangalisayo awanakho ukuhlobisa futhi atholakala emithonjeni eqondile eqondile exhunywe kumhubhe wamanzi wemvelo.
Ngokunjalo, isazi sathi eziningi zazo ziqukethe izingcezu zobumba, amabhentshi, ithala kanye nochungechunge lwemigodi emincane ezindongeni.
Le mishini iphinde yathola igumbi elinemibhalo equkethe amagama alandelayo: UKhuusu-n-Hor, umama wakhe u-Amenirdis nogogo wakhe uNes-Hor.
UDkt Matthew Adams, waseNew York University Institute of Fine Arts futhi ongumqondisi obambisene weNorth Abidos Mission, uthe la makamelo kungenzeka ukuthi awewona amathuna, ngoba abukho ubufakazi bokuthi ayesetshenziselwa ukungcwaba.
Kodwa-ke, ukuba khona kwayo esigodini esingcwele eningizimu yamathuna asebukhosini e-Umm al-Qaab (okwakucatshangwa ukuthi abaseGibhithe lasendulo kwakuyindlela eya kwelinye izwe) nendawo yayo ezingeni eliphakeme futhi okunzima ukuyifinyelela eweni, kungakhombisa ukuthi lezi zakhiwo zazibaluleke kakhulu enkolweni.
