Phila futhi ngesikhathi sangempela, izivakashi ezivakashela e-Giza Plateau e-Egypt zithola okokuqala ngqa ukutholwa kwemivubukulo ekujuleni okungamamitha ayi-10. Ukuhlola kukhombisa okuqukethwe esikebheni sesibili seKing Khufu, esisentshonalanga yeKhufu boat museum, esibukwa ngekhamera, kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko uFarouk Hosni.
UDkt. Zahi Hawass, unobhala-jikelele we-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), uthe izivakashi zingabuka ukutholwa esikrinini esisendaweni yokugcinwa kwezikebhe iKhufu. Lesi sikrini sizokhombisa izigcawu zomgodi wesikebhe wesibili bukhoma okokuqala ngqa selokhu watholakala ngo-1957. U-Hawass wachaza ukuthi i-SCA ivumelene nemishini yase-Japan yase-Waseda University eholwa nguSolwazi Sakuji Yoshimura, yokubeka ikhamera ngaphakathi emgodini ukuze ibonise okuqukethwe ngaphandle kokuyivula.
Umsebenzi kaYoshimura waqala umsebenzi wokumba umgodi, ngaphezu kokubuyisela izinkuni zesikebhe ngemva kweminyaka engu-20 enza izifundo ezengeziwe kuwo; Isamba sezindleko zalolu hlelo yi-EGP 10 million (cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-1.7) futhi iqondiswa ikomidi lesayensi elivela ku-SCA okuhlanganisa nesazi sokuma komhlaba saseGibhithe uDkt. Farouk El Baz kanye noDkt. Omar El Arini.
Ngo-1987, i-National Geographic Society eWashington, DC yenza isinqumo esihlanganyelwe ne-Egypt Antiquities Organization (EAO) sokufaka ikhamera ngaphakathi komgodi wesikebhe wesibili futhi ithwebule okuqukethwe kuyo. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwatholakala ukuwohloka kokhuni lwesikebhe nokuba khona kwezinambuzane. Phakathi neminyaka yawo-1990, kwavunyelwana neNyuvesi yaseWaseda ukuthi yakhe ithimba lesayensi elisebenzisanayo ukuze libhekane nalezi zinambuzane kanye nokususwa kwazo, ngaphezu kokwenza isembozo phezu komgodi wesikebhe ukuze usivikele emisebeni yelanga.
I-SCA izokhokhisa imali ngokubuka lokhu kutholakala esikrinini endaweni yokugcina amagugu esikebhe iKhufu, kusho uHawass.
E-Giza, i-Great Pyramid eyakhiwe njengethuna leNkosi uKhufu, yakhiwa eminyakeni engu-4,500 edlule nguKhufu uqobo, umbusi wasendulo owaziwa kamuva ngokuthi u-Cheops. Eyakhe inhle kakhulu kuwo wonke amaphiramidi aseGibhithe, akhiwe ngamabhulokhi amatshe ayizigidi ezingu-2.3, futhi ilahlekelwe kancane ukuphakama kwawo kwasekuqaleni okungamamitha angu-481 (amamitha angu-146) nobubanzi obungamamitha angu-756 (230) amamitha. Kwaqedwa ngo-2566 BC. inesisindo esingaphezu kwamathani ayizigidi ezingu-6.5.
IGreat Pyramid kaKhufu manje isilahlekelwe ubude bayo obuningi, obuke yaguguleka kancane izinkulungwane zeminyaka yesihlabathi esipheshulwa ngumoya, nokho iphiramidi isaqhubeka nokubusa ithafa laseGiza.
Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu, abavubukuli bezibuza ukuthi kungani kwakhiwe izigxobo ezine nokuthi yiziphi izimfihlo ezinazo. Kungenzeka ukuthi ama-shaft adlale indima engokomfanekiso kufilosofi yenkolo kaKhufu. UKhufu wazibiza ngokuthi uNkulunkulu weLanga ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe - oFaro ababengaphambi kwakhe babekholelwa ukuthi baba onkulunkulu belanga ngemva kokufa kuphela - futhi kungenzeka ukuthi wazama ukukhombisa imibono yakhe ekwakhiweni kwephiramidi yakhe. Ngo-September 17, 2002, i-irobot eyakhiwa eJalimane yenziwa ukuba idlule ku-square shaft engamasentimitha angu-8 (engaklanyelwe ukudlula abantu) ukuze ibone ukuthi yini engalé komnyango wegumbi. Ososayensi abatholanga lutho olujabulisa ukwedlula omunye umnyango, owenziwe ngokhuni, onezibambo zethusi. Bakholelwa ukuthi kuholela kwelinye isiqephu esifihliwe.
Kuze kube manje, umbhoshongo kaKhufu awukakakhiqizi ingcebo evame ukuhlotshaniswa noFaro, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi abaphangi bamathuna bawuphanga ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka edlule.
Ngo-2005, ithimba lase-Australia eliholwa nguNaguib Kanawati lavubukula isifanekiso sendoda esineminyaka engu-4,200 ubudala okukholakala ukuthi kwakunguMeri, umfundisi kaPepi II. UMeri wayekholelwa ukuthi uqondisa izikebhe ezine ezingcwele ezitholakala emibhoshongweni, engcwatshwe namakhosi aseGibhithe ukuze awasize ekuphileni kwangemva kokufa.
Ukutholwa kwezikebhe ezingcwele kwakuphathelene nezinkathi ezimbili ezibalulekile emlandweni, uMbuso Omdala, owaqala eminyakeni engu-4,200, kanye noBukhosi Bama-26, owawuyiminyaka eyizi-2,500 edlule - inkathi kaKhufu.
Abavakashi bazonikezwa ithuba eliyivelakancane lokubuka mathupha isikebhe sikaPharaonic solar, esingakaze senziwe emlandweni we-Egypt wokumba.
