Ucwaningo lokuqala olwenziwa esizeni luphakamisa ukuthi leli thuluzi elikhulu le-basalt elinezinhlamvu ezinhle lingamasentimitha angu-20 ubude futhi ngokusobala “liyizembe lesandla” elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. I-artifact isukela emuva ku-Lower to Middle Paleolithic futhi ineminyaka engaphezu kuka-200,000 ubudala.
Imbazo yesandla yatholwa ithimba lamazwe ngamazwe labavubukuli abasebenza neRoyal Commission for AlUla (RCU), eholwa uDkt. Omer “Can” Aksoy kanye noDkt. Gizem Kahraman Aksoy wakwaTEOS Heritage. Ithimba lihlole indawo ewugwadule eningizimu ye AlUla, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Qurah Plain, ukuze ibheke ubufakazi bomsebenzi womuntu ezikhathini zasendulo.
Ithimba selikwazile kakade ukwembula izinto ezivubukulayo ezibonisa ukuthi lo mhlaba owenqatshelwe wawuyikhaya lomphakathi ophilayo ngesikhathi sokuqala samaSulumane, futhi manje ukutholakala kwale nto engavamile neyingqayizivele kuthembisa ukuvula isahluko esisha emlandweni wesintu e-Arabia nangale kwalokho. ukubhala.
Kwenziwe nge-basalt ecolisekile, ithuluzi letshe liyi-20″ ubude futhi lenziwe ngomshini nhlangothi zombili ukuze lidale ithuluzi eliqinile elinokusika okusebenzisekayo noma ukusika imiphetho. Kuleli qophelo, ukusebenza kungaqagelwa kuphela, kodwa naphezu kobukhulu bayo, idivayisi ilingana kahle ezandleni ezimbili.
Uphenyo luyaqhubeka, futhi lokhu kutholwa kungenye nje kwezingaphezu kweshumi nambili ezifanayo, nakuba kuncane, izimbazo zesandla ze-Paleolithic ezitholwe. Kwethenjwa ukuthi ukucwaninga okwengeziwe kwesayensi kuzoveza imininingwane eyengeziwe ngomsuka nokusebenza kwalezi zinto kanye nabantu abazenza emakhulwini ezinkulungwane zeminyaka edlule.
UDkt. Ömer Aksoy, umholi wephrojekthi, uthe:
"Le mbazo yesandla ingenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu ezitholakele ocwaningweni lwethu oluqhubekayo e-Qurah Plain."
“Leli thuluzi letshe elimangalisayo lingaphezu kwengxenye yemitha ubude (ubude: 51.3 cm, ububanzi: 9.5 cm, ukujiya: 5.7 cm) futhi liyisibonelo esikhulu kunazo zonke sochungechunge lwamathuluzi amatshe atholakala kule ndawo. Lapho kuseshwa iziqhathaniso emhlabeni wonke, akukho zembe lesandla elitholakala ngosayizi ofanayo. Lokhu kungayenza ibe ngesinye sezimbazo zesandla ezinkulu kunazo zonke ezake zatholwa.”
Ngaphezu kwalolu cwaningo lwe-Qurah Plain, i-RCU njengamanje yengamele amanye amaphrojekthi wemivubukulo akhethekile ayi-11 aqhutshwa e-AlUla naseKhaybar eseduze. Lolu hlelo olunebhongo locwaningo lwenziwa ngenhloso yokuqhubeka nokudalula izimfihlakalo zomhlaba wasendulo kulesi sifunda. Lokhu okutholakele okungajwayelekile kugqamisa ukuthi kuningi kangakanani okusamele kufundwe ngakho I-Saudi Arabiaumlando womuntu.
Isayensi yemivubukulo iyisici esibalulekile ekuvuseleleni kabusha okuphelele kwe-RCU kwesifunda sase-AlUla njengendawo ehamba phambili yamasiko nemvelo okuyiwa kuyo.
Imisebenzi eyi-12 yesayensi yemivubukulo eyenziwa ngesikhathi sekwindla ka-2023 kusukela ngo-Okthoba kuya kuDisemba imelela okunye okugxilwe kakhulu emhlabeni kocwaningo lwemivubukulo nokongiwa kwemvelo. Umsebenzi uzoqhubeka nemisebenzi eyengeziwe ehlelelwe ubusika nentwasahlobo ka-2024.
Isizini yekwindla ka-2023 ihlanganisa umbuthano omangalisayo wamazwe ngamazwe wabavubukuli abangaphezu kuka-200 nochwepheshe bamagugu amasiko, okuhlanganisa nochwepheshe abavela e-Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, nase-United Kingdom. Iningi lamaphrojekthi liwukuqhubeka kocwaningo oluqhubekayo oluhlanganisa ukuqeqesha nokuqondisa abafundi bemivubukulo abangaphezu kwe-100 abavela eSaudi Arabia.
Ingqungquthela yokuqala ye-AlUla World Archaeology Summit yabanjwa ngoSepthemba, igqamisa isikhundla sika-AlUla njengesikhungo somsebenzi wemivubukulo. Le ngqungquthela ihehe izithunywa ezingaphezu kuka-300 ezivela emazweni angama-39 futhi yaholela ezingxoxweni zezinhlaka ezahlukene okuhloswe ngazo ukuxhumanisa imivubukulo nemiphakathi emikhulu.
