I-Kungagraven: Ithuna elikhulu elinezimpawu ezingaqondakali elizungezile

Ithuna lakhiwa cishe ngo-1500 BC. Ngenxa yokuthi awekho ama-artifact angasiza idethi yesayithi nganoma ikuphi ukucaciswa okwengeziwe, isayithi livamise ukuthi lifakwe ku-Early Bronze Age.

Kuyamangaza ukucabanga ngenani elikhulu lezakhiwo zamatshe eziyimpicabadala kanye nokungcwatshwa okudalwe abantu basendulo baseNorse. Kodwa-ke, iThuna Lenkosi eliseduze neKivik lingenye yezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuvubukula emlandweni. Ingenye yezindawo ezinkulu zemivubukulo ezixhumene nabantu beBronze Age ababehlala endaweni.

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Ukungena Ethuneni Lenkosi. © Wikimedia Commons

Imikhumbi yamatshe eyakhiwe ngamatshe eyayibekwe ngokucophelela ngokulandelana kwayo yayiphakathi kwezikhumbuzo ezingaqondakali neziphawulekayo ezashiywa abantu baseNorse beNkathi Yethusi. Abacwaningi abaphenya ngokungcwatshwa eKivik eduze kwaseScania eningizimu yeSweden bathola umngcwabo owanikeza ulwazi olusha ngababusi bendawo basendulo.

Ithuna laMakhosi

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Ithuna Lenkosi eSweden. Esinye sezigqebhezana zamatshe eziyishumi ezitholwe kule ndawo sibonisa inqola yehhashi edonswayo enamasondo amabili anezimbobo ezine. Elinye lamatshe amatshe likhombisa abantu (abayisishagalombili ngezingubo ezinde). © Wikimedia Commons

Ithuna liqhele ngamamitha angu-1,000 320 (XNUMX metres) ukusuka ogwini lwaseScania futhi selimbiwe amatshe iminyaka. Ngakho-ke kube nzima ukucacisa ukuthi isakhiwo samatshe esiyinqaba sasiyini ngaphambi kokuba simbiwe ngokugcwele. Lapho kutholakala amathuna amabili, kwacaca ukuthi bekuyindawo ekhethekile esikhathini esidlule.

Abantu nezilwane ezivezwe kuma-petroglyphs bavezwa kuma-cists (Qaphela: i-cist iyitshe lesikhumbuzo somngcwabo we-megalithic). Isibonelo, kunomdwebo wenqola edonswa amahhashi amabili. Ngaphandle kwamahhashi, ama-petroglyphs ahlanganisa izinyoni nezinhlanzi. Imikhumbi engaqondakali nezimpawu nazo zatholakala.

Ekufuneni ingcebo

Ngo-1748, abalimi ababili bazithela phezu kwethuna ngephutha ngesikhathi bemba amatshe azokwakhiwa. Ubude bawo obungamamitha amathathu nengxenye, wawubekwe enyakatho kuya eningizimu futhi wenziwa ngezindlawu zamatshe. Naphezu kokucabangela kwabo ekuqaleni ukuthi bazothola izinto ezibalulekile ngaphansi komhlaba, abalimi baqala ukumba, besakaza le nganekwane.

Abalimi ababili babanjwe ngamaphoyisa, abenezinsolo zokuthi bebengakaziswa ngalokhu kutholwa kusenesikhathi. Ngesikhathi esejele, la madoda alivuma iqiniso: Ayengatholanga lutho olubalulekile ngesikhathi sokumba kwawo. Indaba yendawo ayizange igcine lapho, ngisho nangemva kokuba abalimi sebekhululiwe.

Umvubukuli uGustaf Hallstrom wahola imivubukulo yokuqala esemthethweni phakathi kuka-1931 no-1933. Amatshe ePetroglyph wonakala lapho abantu bendawo bewasusa ukuze bayokwakha okunye ukwakhiwa phakathi kuka-1931 no-1933. , amazinyo nezicucu zethusi kwatholakala.

Izwe lama-megalith namakhosi akhohlwe

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Indawo yokungcwaba yaseKiviksgrave eduze kwaseKivik, eSweden. © Wikimedia Commons

Izinkulungwane zamathuna nezakhiwo ze-megalithic ziye zalahleka eScandinavia amakhulu eminyaka, futhi abavubukuli bebelokhu bewakha kabusha amashumi eminyaka. Umsebenzi wososayensi abaningi usisiza ukuba siqonde injongo yezakhiwo nokuphila endaweni ezikhathini zasendulo. Akekho owaziyo ukuthi impilo yayinjani ngeNkathi Yethusi.

Umnyuziyamu waseKungagraven ubonisa zonke izinto zobuciko ezitholwe esizeni. Unyaka ngamunye, amashumi ezinkulungwane zezivakashi avakashela i-Kungagraven, okungenye yezindawo ezikhangayo zeBronze Age yaseSweden. Izinto zobuciko ezibukiswayo ziwumphumela wemizamo nemicabango yabavubukuli.

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Amatshe ethuna abheke ethuneni likaKivik. Imidwebo eyenziwe ethuneni ibonisa ukuxhumana enyakatho yeJalimane neDenmark. Amatshe abonisa amahhashi, okungenzeka kube yimikhumbi, kanye nezimpawu ezifana namasondo elanga. Lokhu kusikisela ukuthi abantu abakha indawo yethuna babenezinkolelo zenkolo ezifanayo namasiko asenyakatho yeYurophu ngaleso sikhathi. Izinkolelo ezingokwenkolo ezabiwe zisikisela ukuthi abantu baseningizimu yeSweden babexhunywe ezifundeni eziseningizimu nangezinye izindlela, njengobuchwepheshe ababenabo. © Wikimedia Commons

Ithuna Lenkosi kucatshangwa ukuthi lakhiwa umuntu obalulekile emphakathini wasendulo, njengoba lalilikhulu kakhulu. Akwaziwa ukuthi kungcwatshwe bani lapho. Nokho, kunengqondo ukuthi labo ababecabanga ukungcwatshwa kwenkosi cishe babengekho kude nophawu. Ithuna lalingase libe nezinsalela zamaqhawe abalulekile noma ababusi.

Abacwaningi banamuhla baye baba nobunzima bokubona lokho abantu abakubiza ngokuthi “ingcebo” endaweni yaseKungagraven. Isici esithakazelisa kakhulu sale sayithi umbono wokuthi amathambo atholwe lapho angawababusi abangaziwa noma abanye abantu ababalulekile. Laba bantu ngokungangabazeki babenethonya, futhi ngenxa yalokho, banikezwa ithuna elihle elakhiwa abantu ababehlala kule ndawo eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-3,000 edlule.