Abavubukuli baseMelika bathola okutholwe yi-Neolithic kanye neGraeco-Roman eFayoum, e-Egypt

(eTN) – Imishini yemivubukulo yaseMelika evela eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, e-Los Angeles (UCLA) ithole indawo yokuhlala ye-Neolithic ecishe iphelele kanye nezinsalela zedolobhana laseGraeco-Roman e-Faiyum, ngenkathi kwenziwa inhlolovo kazibuthe. Lokhu kutholwe kumenyezelwe namuhla nguNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko waseGibhithe u-Farouk Hosni.

UDkt. Zahi Hawass, unobhala-jikelele we-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), uthe lokhu kutholwe ngesikhathi ithimba lihlola indawo ngesikhathi licwaninga ngokushintshashintsha kwamanzi echibini, okubangele ukuthi izinto zobuciko zimbozwe ngamamitha inzika noma ukugudluzwa ngokuphawulekayo ukuguguleka.

Lesi siza sake sambiwa nguGertrude Caton-Thompson ngo-1925, owathola izinsalela ezimbalwa zeNeolithic. Nokho, kulokhu, inhlolo-vo kazibuthe yembula ukuthi indawo yokuhlala yayinkulu kakhulu kunalokho okwakulindelwe, futhi ihlanganisa nezinsalela zezindonga zezitini zodaka kanye nezingcezu zobumba.

UDkt. Willeke Wendrich we-UCLA uthe i-Faiyum Neolithic kuze kube manje ithathwe njengenkathi eyodwa kodwa lo mbono kungase kudingeke ushintshe njengoba imiphumela yocwaningo yembula ukuthi ingase ifakwe ezikhathini ezahlukene phakathi kwezikhathi ze-Neolithic.

Ukuze kuqondwe ukwakheka kwedolobhana laseRoma i-Qaret Al-Rusas, ohlangothini olusenyakatho-mpumalanga yeLake Qarun, ngaphandle kokuligubha, lo mkhankaso wenze inhlolovo kazibuthe. Imephu ibonisa imigqa yodonga ecacile nezitaladi ngephethini ye-orthogonal evamile yenkathi ye-Graeco-Roman.

Ucwaningo lwangaphambili, kusho u-Wendrich, lubonisa ukuthi le ndawo yayimbozwe amanzi eLake Qarun ngesikhathi esingaziwa nangenkathi engaziwa, njengoba kungekona nje kuphela ukuthi ingaphezulu lilinganiswe ngokuphelele kodwa izindengezi namakhekheba e-limestone ambozwe ungqimba oluwugqinsi lwe-calcium carbonate. , ngokuvamile okubonisa ukuma kwamanzi ajulile angama-30-40cm.

Umsebenzi wemishini wafinyelela eKaranis onqenqemeni olusenyakatho lwe-Faiyum depression lapho kungabonwa khona izinsalela zedolobha laseGraeco-Roman. UDkt. Hawass uthi lapho ithimba laseNyuvesi yaseMichigan limba le ndawo phakathi kuka-1926 no-1935, lathola lezi zindlu zisesimweni esihle kakhulu nezinsalela eziningi zezinto eziphilayo ezazikhona phakathi neminyaka edlule. Nokho, isiza asizange sigcwaliswe emuva, futhi uWendrich ukhomba umonakalo owadalwa imvula nokuguguleka komoya. Ukumba endaweni kwatholakala izinsalela zomfula wasendulo noma ichibi. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakungakaziwa ukuthi lo mthombo wamanzi ahlanzekile wawukhona yini eduze kwedolobha noma eminyakeni yangaphambili.

Inhloso enkulu yocwaningo kwakuwukuqonda kangcono izinsalela zemivubukulo kanye ne-zoo-archaeological e-Karanis esimweni esimbiwe kahle, kanye nokuqonda impilo nemisebenzi yezomnotho yabantu ababehlala e-Karanis e-Fayoum.