(eTN) - UNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko waseGibhithe u-Farouk Hosni umemezele ukuthi isithombe se-quartzite washabti kanye ne-cartouche yeNkosi u-Seti I, inkosi yesibili ye-19th Dynasty (1314-1304 BC), kutholwe ngaphakathi kwephaseji lethuna lika-Seti I (KV 17). ) eSigodini Samakhosi eLuxor eWest Bank.
UDkt. Zahi Hawass, unobhala-jikelele we-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), uthe lokhu kutholwa kwenziwa yimishini yokuqala yaseGibhithe esebenza esigodini seNkosi, ngemuva 'kokulawulwa' iminyaka engamakhulu amabili edlule yimishini yangaphandle. Wengeze ngokuthi kutholwe inqwaba yemikhumbi yobumba kanye nezingcezwana zemidwebo yodonga lwethuna okungenzeka ukuthi yawa ngemuva kokutholakala.
Ngesikhathi bekhuculula ithuna, abemba i-Egypt baphinde baphawula ubude bomhubhe ongamamitha angu-136 – hhayi amamitha ayi-100 njengoba umtholi wethuna u-Giovanni Battista Belzoni asho ekuqaleni embikweni wakhe.
Mhlawumbe ithuna elihlaba umxhwele kakhulu eSigodini Samakhosi eLuxor ithuna likaSeti I, elinye lamaGibhithe asendulo abaluleke kakhulu oBukhosini be-XIX. Indodana kaRamsesi I, uSeti wayeyinhloko yabacibisheli nomcibisheli ekubuseni kukayise. Wadudula amaHeti futhi waphinde wanqoba iFenike eGibhithe. Ithuna latholwa ngo-Okthoba 1817 nguBelzoni ogama lakhe lalihlotshaniswa nethuna iminyaka. Kodwa-ke, u-Belzoni kufanele ukuthi ubeke amadoda akhe emzileni ongafanele, emba ejula ngokufa okungamamitha angu-65 odongeni olungaphandle. Wamane wanweba izikhala ukuze embule igumbi okwakugcinwe abakhi basendulo, hhayi umama kaSeti. Akukho nokukodwa kokumba kwakhe okuvumbulule i-sarcophagus njengoba ekwazile ukumba phakathi nendawo. Umsebenzi owengeziwe wembule amaphasishi amasha, izinyathelo ezintsha, amagumbi amasha kanye nethuna ngaphandle kwezinsalela ezibaluleke kakhulu zikafaro.
Eminyakeni engaba ngu-70 kamuva, umama kaSeti watholakala nokho eDeir El Bahari ngasethempelini leNdlovukazi uHatshepsut. Ngaphansi kwe-sarcophagus kwakukhona igalari engaqondakali ukuthi abembayo bayigubhe amamitha angu-90 ngaphezulu ngaphambi kokuyeka ngenxa yokuntuleka komoya kanye nokwakheka kwamatshe athambile. Amanye amamitha angama-30 abhodlozwa ngawo-1950. Onogada basesigodini baphakamise ukuthi umhubhe unwebe ngobude bentaba futhi uphele eduze nendawo kaHatshepsut.
Kusho uHawass eTurboNews ukuthi eSigodini Samakhosi eminyakeni engaba ngu-37 edlule, wahlangana nensizwa yakwa-Abdul Rasul yakwaLuxor eyamtshela ukuthi yayazi ngezimfihlo zalesi sigodi. “Le ndoda, manje eseminyakeni yawo-70, yangithatha yangiyisa endleleni eyimfihlo yangiyisa emlonyeni womhubhe ocashile. Wathi uma ngiqhubekela phambili nalo mzila ethuneni laseSeti, umhubhe uzokwehla uye kwelinye ibanga elingamamitha angu-300 lapho uzothola khona ikamelo lesibili elinethuna likaSeti,” kusho uHawass.
“Angizange ngimkholwe kwaze kwathi ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ngangena emgodini ngiphethe ithoshi, intambo nodondolo lwemitha kuphela. Kwakuyingozi ukungena ngaphakathi ku-shaft ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-216. Ngaphandle kwalokho angibange ngisakwazi ukuqhubeka ngoba imfucumfucu ibivimbe indlela yami futhi idilika ekhanda lami.” Kamuva, u-Hawass waphinde wangena futhi wabuyisela i-shaft isiqeshana ngasinye. Wayengene ejuleni elingamamitha angama-300 okuphakanyiswe ngu-Abdul Rasul.
Ithuna lika-Seti laziwa njengelihle kunawo wonke elinemidwebo, engokomfanekiso ehlanganisa wonke ama-intshi ayisikwele namaphikseli azo zonke izindonga eziveziwe, amakholomu, usilingi, imidwebo nama-bas-reliefs ongakucabanga.
Ithuna likaFaro, elake laba ithuna elivakashelwa kakhulu eSigodini, lavalwa emphakathini ngo-2005, ukuliqapha ezingozini zezokuvakasha ezingalawulwa. Ukuze iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo wokongiwa kwemvelo nokubuyisela, i-SCA yazama ukuqoqa izingcezu eziningi ezisabalele zosizo ethuneni ngangokunokwenzeka, ukuze zibuyiselwe endaweni yokuqala.
U-Hawass uphinde wacela iNyuvesi yaseTübingen eJalimane ukuthi inikeze izingcezu ezithile. Iholwa uDkt Christian Leitz, inyuvesi yavuma ngokuzithandela ukubuyisela eGibhithe izingcezu ezinhlanu zosizo ezivela ethuneni lasebukhosini likaFaro. Isinqumo sika-Tübingen somusa samukelwe ngokubonga yi-SCA.
Amagugu kaSeti ayizingcezu ezimbalwa ezinhle kakhulu ezake zahlobisa izindonga zethuna lakhe, ezaphangwa amasela ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule. Abahambi bokuqala abaya e-Egypt bagqekeza ezindongeni izingcezu eziyigugu manje ezibekwe kwamanye amaqoqo ayimfihlo emhlabeni jikelele ngeshwa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced that a quartzite washabti figure and the cartouche of King Seti I, second king of the 19th Dynasty (1314-1304 BC), were found inside the corridor of the tomb of Seti I (KV 17) in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor's on the West Bank.
- Kusho uHawass eTurboNews that in the Valley of the Kings some 37 years ago, he met a young man from Luxor's Abdul Rasul family who told him he knew about the secrets of the valley.
- To carry on with its conservation and restoration project, the SCA attempted to collect as many scattered pieces of relief from the tomb as it possibly can, so that they can be returned to the original location.
