“I-Dead Sea Scrolls,” umbukiso oye wadonsa izigidi emhlabeni wonke, uzovulwa eDenver Museum of Nature & Science ngoMashi 16. Umxhasi owethulayo yiSturm Family Foundation, ngokusekelwa okukhulu kukaLorie noHenry Gordon.
Umboniso wokuqala wesifunda walo mbukiso uyithuba elivela kanye ekuphileni lokubona imiQulu YasoLwandle Olufile eyiqiniso, imibhalo yesandla yasendulo ehlanganisa imibhalo yeBhayibheli emidala kunayo yonke eyaziwayo eyabhalwa eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-2,000 XNUMX edlule. Imiqulu izokwethulwa ngendlela emangalisayo ngaphakathi kombukiso omkhulukazi onamagumbi angawodwana alawulwa ngokucophelela, kanye nokuhumusha okuphelele kwesiNgisi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqoqo elikhulu kunawo wonke lama-artifacts avela Ezweni Elingcwele ake aqoqwa ukuze abukiswe lizovumela izivakashi ukuthi zihlole amasiko, izinkolelo nezinto eziwuphawu zakwa-Israyeli wasendulo eziqhubeka nokuba nomthelela kumasiko omhlaba namuhla. Amakhulu ezinto ahlanganisa imibhalo nezimpawu, izikhali, okuqoshwe ngamatshe, imifanekiso ye-terra cotta, izinsalela zezimpawu zenkolo, izinhlamvu zemali, izicathulo, izindwangu, ama-mosaics, izitsha zobumba nobucwebe.
Isipiliyoni sibonisa ukudalwa kabusha koDonga LwaseNtshonalanga kusukela edolobheni elidala laseJerusalema ngetshe langempela elingamathani amathathu elivela odongeni okukholakala ukuthi lawa ngo-70 BCE. Izivakashi zingase zishiye amanothi azo abhalwe ngesandla nemithandazo ezothunyelwa kwa-Israel futhi ibekwe odongeni. Isiko lokubeka amanothi phakathi kwamatshe laqala emakhulwini eminyaka adlule.
ImiQulu YasoLwandle Olufile imelela okunye okubaluleke kakhulu okutholwe ngemivubukulo ekhulwini lama-20. Ngo-1947, umalusi wezimbuzi ongumBedouin wazithela emhumeni ocashile ngasogwini loLwandle Olufile, eduze nendawo okwakuhlala kuyo abantu basendulo eQumran. Kulo mgede kwakufihlwe imiqulu okwase kuyiminyaka eyizi-2,000 972 ingabonakali. Ngemva kokumba kabanzi, kwatholakala imiqulu engu-XNUMX egcinwe ngokuphawulekayo, okwaholela emashumini eminyaka okucutshungulwa okumangalisayo, izinkulumo-mpikiswano kanye nokwesaba.
“Leli thuba elimangalisayo liletha umphakathi wethu ukubhekana ubuso nobuso nemibhalo yangempela engagcini nje ngokuyinhloko kwezinye zezinkolo ezinkulu zomhlaba kodwa futhi nasemsuka wempucuko yaseNtshonalanga,” kusho uGeorge Sparks, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO yeMnyuziyamu.
"I-Sturm Family Foundation ihlonishwe ngokusiza ukuletha lezi zinto eziyigugu zomhlaba e-Denver," kusho uDon Sturm, umsunguli we-Sturm Family Foundation.
"I-Dead Sea Scrolls" ihlelwe yi-Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
