(eTN) – I-University Museum yase-Southern Illinois University e-United States inikeze i-Ptolemaic bronze cat reliquary kunxusa laseGibhithe eNew York ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto. UNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko waseGibhithe u-Farouk Hosni umemezele ukubuyiswa kwe-reliquary, wengeza ngokuthi lo mcimbi uphawula esinye isinyathelo esiyimpumelelo se-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) kanye noMnyango Wezamasiko ekubuyiseleni izinto zakudala zaseGibhithe ezintshontshiwe.
UDkt. Zahi Hawass, unobhala-jikelele we-SCA, uchaze ukuthi i-bronze reliquary okungenzeka ukuthi yake yabamba i-feline isasele. I-reliquary izungezwe amakati amabili ahlezi eceleni. Yatholwa yi-University Museum ngo-1996, lapho umqondisi ngaleso sikhathi eyithenga kumqoqi wangasese eParis.
Indaba yokubuyiswa kwe-reliquary yaqala ngenyanga eyodwa edlule lapho u-Dona Bachman, umqondisi wamanje womnyuziyamu, ethumela incwadi ku-SCA ecela imvume yokubonisa le mpahla njengengxenye yeqoqo lemnyuziyamu, futhi ecela imininingwane eyengeziwe mayelana nento kanye nesizinda semivubukulo. lapho yatholwa khona ekuqaleni. U-Hawass waqaphela ngokushesha ukuthi i-reliquary yayishushumbisiwe yaphuma ezweni. U-Bachman kanye nebhodi labaqondisi bemnyuziyamu basamukele isicelo sika-Hawass sokuthi badlulisele le nto kuNxusa laseGibhithe eNew York, okuzothi lona lilethe usizo e-Egypt ngesikhwama sobunxusa.
Ikomiti eliholwa uDkt. Ahmed Mostafa, umqondisi woMnyango Wokubuyiswa Kwezinto Zasendulo Ze-SCA, lasungulwa ukuze lihlole le nto, iqinisekise ubuqiniso bayo, futhi ithole indawo yemivubukulo etholakala phakathi kwesihlabathi sikabani.
Kusukela ngo-2002, i-Egypt iphumelele ukubuyisela izinto zobuciko ezingaphezu kuka-5000 ezithunyelwe ngaphandle kwezwe ngokungemthetho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iminyuziyamu eminingana yamazwe ngamazwe, abaqoqi abazimele, kanye nezakhamuzi ngokuzithandela banikele ngamaqoqo abo aseGibhithe lasendulo e-Egypt ukuze ibuyisele ifa layo eliyigugu.
Inqwaba yezinto ezishushumbisiwe zalandwa umnyango wezakudala ezinyangeni ezedlule kusukela wasungulwa ngo-April 2002. ISwitzerland yanikela ngezinto ezingama-311; New York, ezintathu. UCairo wathola ngoMashi 2002, ezinye izingcezu ezintathu ezebiwe zatholakala kumthengisi wezinto zasendulo owalahlwa kanye nomunye, umqoqi ojwayelekile eNew York.
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, ihhovisi loMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseGibhithe Wezindaba Zamasiko labhalela ngokusemthethweni imibuso emine emikhulu, iFrance, iJalimane, iGreat Britain kanye ne-United States, ifuna kubuyiswe izinto zobuciko ezidumile ezizobukiswa embukisweni wesikhashana wezinto zobuciko zaseGibhithe lasendulo. Izinto, okukhulunywa ngazo, bezibukiswa kumamnyuziyamu ahlukene ngenkathi zisezandleni zamazwe amane. Izinto zakudala ezifunwayo, zonke ezaziwa kakhulu, zifaka iZodiac eLouvre, indawo kaNefertiti eBerlin Museum, isifanekiso sikanjiniyela uHem Iunu owakha ipiramidi kaKhufu ekhonjiswe eMnyuziyamu iRoemer & Pelizea eHildesheim, iRosetta Stone. eBritish Museum kanye nesifanekiso sikanjiniyela u-Ankh Ha If owakha ipiramidi yesibili eMnyuziyamu waseBoston.
U-Hawass, u-Hosni kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Ahmed Abul Gheit wethule isu lezokuxhumana, wayala ukuthi lezi zinto zibuyiswe. Imisebenzi yobuciko yasendulo edumile ihlelelwe umbukiso wesikhashana lapho kuvulwa uMnyuziyamu Omkhulu waseGibhithe ngo-2011 eCairo.
Ngo-1983, uMthetho 117 waphasiswa ukuvikela izinto zakudala zaseGibhithe kanye nengcebo kubashushumbisi.
Cishe izinto zobuciko ezishushumbisiwe ezingaba ngu-500 zilandwe umnyango wezakudala ezinyangeni ezedlule kusukela wasungulwa ngo-April 2002. ISwitzerland yanikela ngezinto ezingama-311; New York, 3. Yebo, i-Big Apple yenza. UCairo wathola izingcezu ezebiwe zomhla zi-3 kuNdasa ezitholwe kumthengisi wezinto zasendulo owalahlwa yicala kanye nomunye, umqoqi ojwayelekile waseNew York.
