Indawo yokungcwaba yasendulo, lapho kuthiwa kwatholwa khona umbhoshongo omusha, yayisebenza njenge-necropolis yaseMemphis futhi iyikhaya leminye imibhoshongo eminingi.
I-Sahara ingenye yezifunda ezome kakhulu eMhlabeni, kodwa kwake kwaba indawo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nemifula namachibi. Futhi iyikhaya lolunye lwezingwadule ezinkulu emhlabeni. Kodwa noma kunjalo, kusekhona ezinye izinto ezingajwayelekile kunezinganekwane ngale ndawo. Ngokwesibonelo, ingabe wake wezwa ngombhoshongo wasendulo osafihlwe ngaphansi kwezihlabathi?
Ezihlabathini ezomile neziyincithakalo zasoGwadule LwaseSahara, izinsalela ezihlakazekile zempucuko yasendulo zingatholakala uma ubheka ngokuqinile ngokwanele. Noma kunjalo, abantu abaningi bebengeke balindele ukuthola umbhoshongo ofihliwe phakathi kwabo. Kodwa yilokho kanye umvubukuli okuthiwa uDkt. Vasko Dobrev muva nje athi ukutholile.
Ukutholwa kwephiramidi entsha ogwadule lwaseSahara
Emashumini amathathu eminyaka adlule, uDkt. Vasko Dobrev ubelokhu ehlola isifunda cishe ngamamayela angu-19 ukusuka e-Giza Pyramids yodumo. Ukutholwa kwakhe okumangalisayo kwenziwa esidlangalaleni ekuqaleni kuka-2019 ngesikhathi sikaTony Robinson “Ukuvula Ithuna Elikhulu LaseGibhithe” idokhumentari ku-Channel 5. U-Dobrev ukholelwa ukuthi uthole ipiramidi ekhohliwe oGwadule LwaseSahara.
Indawo yokungcwaba yasendulo, lapho kuthiwa kwatholwa khona iphiramidi entsha, yayisebenza njenge-necropolis yaseMemphis futhi iyikhaya lemibhoshongo eminingi, okuhlanganisa nevelele phakathi kwazo zonke ezinye: I-Step Pyramid of Djoser.
“Sengihambe amakhilomitha acishe abe ngu-400 enyakatho ye-Aswan, kodwa lolu akulona uhambo lokubuka izindawo. UDkt Vasko Dobrev ubesebenza ogwadule ngaphandle kwaseCairo iminyaka engu-30 edlule futhi uzingela iphiramidi entsha.
Imvamisa sicabanga kuphela ngamaphiramidi adumile aseGiza, kodwa le ndawo ebizwa ngokuthi iSaqqara inamaphiramidi okuqala nokunye okuningi.
Imibhoshongo lapha yathatha iminyaka engamakhulu ayisithupha yomlando waseGibhithe, kodwa inzalo eyodwa yoFaro, ikakhulukazi, yakhetha ukwakha amathuna abo amahle eSaqqara,” kusho uMnu. Tony Robinson.
Lapho uDkt. Dobrev echazela uMnu Robinson ukuthi miningi kangakanani imibhoshongo engangcwatshwa ngaphansi kwalesi sihlabathi, uMnu. Robinson wavele wamangala.
Uthe: “Kunemibhoshongo engu-120 ezungeze i-Egypt. OFaro bakhe imibhoshongo lapha ngoba iSaqqara iphambi kwenhloko-dolobha yaseGibhithe, iMemphis. Uyayibona le phiramidi encane? Lona nguPepi II, ubaba wakhe ulapha, umkhulu wakhe usemuva futhi wonke umndeni useduze.”
Laba bobabili babe sebeya esiqongweni sethafa elisezingeni eliphansi, lapho uDkt. Dobrev ecabanga ukuthi kungase kube khona umbhoshongo ongakatholakali.
UDkt utshele uMnu Robinson: “Mhlawumbe sinaye (ngezansi kwethu) uFaro Userkare, akabusanga isikhathi eside, mhlawumbe iminyaka emithathu noma emine. Akakwazanga ukuqeda ipiramidi engamamitha angu-52 ukuphakama eminyakeni emithathu. Kungenzeka ukuthi wayenesikhathi sokudala isisekelo sephiramidi. Sisezingeni eliphezulu, sithole ukuthi wonke amaphiramidi aseSaqqara, asezingeni elifanayo.”
Ngemva kwalokho, wethula ubufakazi ayebuqoqile ukuze asekele lokho ayekusho. UDkt. Dobrev wanezela: “Ngakho-ke kukhona uhlobo lwe-pyramid level futhi sinoyise enyakatho, indodana yakhe ikhona kanye nomzukulu wakhe ngemuva kwethu. Kodwa sinenye into, ubuchwepheshe obusha, i-geophysics, ibonisa okuthile okunama-engeli alungile. Lokhu akwenziwa ngokwemvelo, sinohlobo lwesikwele lapha, amamitha angu-80 by 80, obulingana ncamashi nemibhoshongo yangaleso sikhathi.”
Ochungechungeni olufanayo, uMnu. Robinson e-Aswan wamangala ngokutholwa “okungalindelekile”. Ngemva kokuhlola imibhalo elapho, umvubukuli uProfesa Abdel Monem wacabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kwakuyithuna lika-Imhotep.
Amazwi wokugcina
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi lolu lwazi selunesikhathi eside ludala, okwamanje alukho uphawu lwanoma yiziphi izinhlelo zokumbiwa nokufunda indawo lapho umbhoshongo okusolwa ukuthi wawuzoba khona. Ngakho-ke, akukacaci ukuthi inhloso yangempela yale phiramidi ingaba yini, kodwa nakanjani ivuse isasasa emphakathini ozimele wocwaningo lwemivubukulo.
Ngocwaningo olwengeziwe, singakwazi ukuvula izimfihlo ze-Sahara necropolis futhi sifunde kabanzi mayelana nokhokho bethu basendulo abayimfihlakalo.
