Amabhokisi amane okhuni lwe-anthropoid, izimbiza ezintathu zokhuni ze-canopic, namabhokisi amane e-washabti atholakale ngaphakathi kwendawo yokungcwaba engaziwa esendaweni esenyakatho yethuna lase-Ramesside lase-Ta e-Dahshur Necropolis, eningizimu yethafa lase-Giza. Ungqongqoshe wezamasiko e-Egypt u-Farouk Hosni umemezele ukuthi lokhu kutholwe kwenziwa yimishini yaseJapan evela e-Institute of Egyptology e-Waseda University.
UDkt. Zahi Hawass, unobhala-jikelele we-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), uthe nakuba la mabhokisi engenalutho manje, ngenxa yokuphangwa abahlaseli bamathuna asendulo, izici zabo zasekuqaleni azikashintshi.
U-Hawass wengeze ngokuthi ucwaningo lokuqala lwalawa mabhokisi luwalandelela emuva enkathini ye-Ramesside noma iNkathi Yokugcina. Amabhokisi ahlukaniswe amaqoqo amabili, afundisa ahlanganisa amabhokisi amaningi ambozwe ngenhlaka emnyama futhi ahlotshiswe ngemibhalo ephuzi. La maqoqo amabili angawabantu baseGibhithe ababili abangaziwa kakhulu okuyiTutpashu kanye ne-Iriseraa.
UDkt. Sakuji Yoshemura, inhloko yemishini yaseJapane, wathi isethi yokuqala inezithombe zomnikazi wayo nonkulunkulu abahlukahlukene baseGibhithe lasendulo, kanti enye ayiningiliza kangako futhi ilula. Amagama abo bobabili abantu abhalwe ezitsheni ze-canopic nasemabhokisini e-washabti, aqukethe okungenani izithombe eziqoshiwe zokhuni eziphukile.
U-Yoshimura uveze ukuthi zonke izinto zisusiwe emgodini zayiswa kumagalari esayithi ukuze zibuyiselwe ngokushesha.
Imishini yaseJapan yaseWaseda University yembule inqwaba yamathuna, amabhokisi, imingcwabo, nemifanekiso selokhu yaqala ukumba kule ndawo eminyakeni engu-15 edlule. Ezinye zalezi zinto zingase zibonakale njengamanje ohambweni lwase-Japan, embukisweni okhethekile wokugubha iminyaka engama-40 ye-Waseda University yomsebenzi wemivubukulo e-Egypt.
IDahshur ilele ekugcineni eningizimu yeMemphis necropolis enwebeka ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha angama-30 ukuya eningizimu ukusuka ezindaweni zasendulo zase-Abu Rawash, Giza kuya eZawiyet el Aryan, Abusir, Sakkara naseNingizimu Sakkara. I-Memphis yakhiwa ekugcineni kwe-Dynasty zero noma ekuqaleni kwe-First Dynasty. Kwakuyinhloko-dolobha yaseGibhithe okungenani, kusukela ekuqaleni koBukhosi Besibili kuya oBukhosini Lwesishiyagalombili.
Cishe eminyakeni embalwa edlule, abaphangi bamathuna asendulo babanjwa oqotsheni yiziphathimandla, okwabaholela ezinsalela zasendulo ezazingakaze zicatshangwe ukuthi zazikhona kule ndawo. Abaphangi bamathuna bethula ukumba kwabo ngobunye ubusuku basehlobo kodwa babanjwa amaphoyisa. Bengazi ngokumbiwa kwabo, basize iziphathimandla ukuthi zithole i-necropolis yokuqala eyake yatholakala inikezelwe "komndeni wasebukhosini" odokotela bamazinyo beNkosi E Emery Yobukhosi Bokuqala.
Ukugetshengwa kwamathuna kugcwele endaweni ezungeze iMemphis necropolis, uHawass athi kuveze amaphesenti angama-30 kuphela ayo yonke ingcebo yemivubukulo yasendulo esagqitshiwe. Ngenhlanhla (ngeshwa), labo abaphanga amathuna asendulo bathatha kuphela amagugu ayigugu, amanani futhi bashiye amabhokisi amathuna, i-sarcophagus, amabhokisi, izidumbu kanye nezinsalela ngoba abakwazi ukuthengisa izinto ezinjalo emakethe emnyama.
