Kwambulwa ukufa kukaFaro

Izincazelo ezintsha zibonisa ukuthi yini eyabulala umfana uFaro King Tutankhamun. Ucwaningo olumenyezelwe namuhla ludalula ukuhlaziya okuthiwa kuveza ukuthi inkosi yomfana yashona kanjani. UNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko e-Egypt u-Farouk Hosni ukhiphe lezi zindaba e-Cairo Museum okuhlanganisa nokusha okutholakele ngomndeni kaTut kanye nembangela yokufa.

Ucwaningo ngomndeni kaTut olwenziwe nge-Egypt Mummy Project (EMP) luveze ukuthi inkosi yashona ineminyaka engu-19; ngokuphambene nezindaba zangaphambili, wabulawa ngokushaywa ngemuva kwekhanda. Ososayensi base-Egypt bathola ukuthi imbobo yogebhezi ngokwesiko yenziwa nge-18th Dynasty lapho kugcwalisa ugebhezi ngoketshezi lokucwilisa umzimba. Ososayensi baphinde baphawula ukuthi le nkosi encane yaphuka umlenze wesobunxele ngosuku noma ngaphezulu ngaphambi kokufa kwayo.

Ngokusho kwamaphephandaba, imiphumela ivela kulokho abacwaningi abakubiza ngokuthi i-molecule ye-Egyptology, kulokhu ukuhlaziywa kwe-DNA ekhishwe emathanjeni e-11 mummies yasebukhosini yase-New Kingdom. Ososayensi bathatha amasampula e-DNA amabili kuya kwamane kumama ngamunye, okuhlanganisa no-Tut, owashona ngo-1324 BC, unyaka we-10 wokubusa kwakhe. Ukuqhathanisa izigxivizo zeminwe zofuzo kwabenza bakwazi ukukhomba umama oyedwa owayengaziwa ngaphambili njengeNdlovukazi uTiye, unina kafaro u-Akhenaten nogogo kaTutankhamun, omunye njengo-Akhenaten (ubaba kaTut) ngokwakhe, kanti owesithathu njengomama kaTutankhamun.

UDkt. Zahi Hawass, uNobhala Jikelele we-Supreme Council of Antiquities, uhola ithimba le-EMP elakhiwe ososayensi baseGibhithe abavela ku-National Research Center, amalungu e-Faculty of Medicine e-Cairo University, kanye nochwepheshe ababili be-DNA baseJalimane. Ucwaningo lwenziwa ngaphakathi kwamalabhorethri amabili e-DNA asebenza ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwe-SCA. Enye itholakala ngaphansi kweCairo Museum, enye, eFaculty of Medicine eCairo University. Lawa yiwona kuphela amalabhorethri e-DNA amabili asetshenziswa kuphela ukutadisha izidumbu zasendulo.
Esikhathini esedlule, i-EMP yenze ezinye izifundo ezimbili ezidumbu zezidumbu zaseGibhithe lasendulo. Iphrojekthi yokuqala eyenziwe ngo-2005 yenza i-CT-Scan kumama weTutankhamun.

Iphrojekthi yesibili ye-EMP iphumelele ukuhlonza umama weNdlovukazi u-Hatshepsut phakathi kwezinsalela ezitholakala ku-KV 60 eSigodini Samakhosi. Lokhu okutholakele kushicilelwe ezihlokweni zesayensi emhlabeni wonke.
U-Hawass kanye nososayensi abakule phrojekthi bathumele i-athikili ku-Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), egunyaze indlela yesayensi yocwaningo. Okutholwe yi-athikili kuzokhishwa namuhla, ngoFebhuwari 17.

Abavubukuli bathutha isidumbu sikaTutankhamun ethuneni lakhe - elatholwa ligcwele ingcebo ngo-1922 - basiyisa emnyuziyamu eminyakeni embalwa edlule ukuze kuhlolwe, okufanele kuxazulule imfihlakalo yokuthi washona ngokwemvelo noma wabulawa. Umama wahamba ekupheleni kukaNovemba nge-CT scan ekhiqize i-X-ray enezinhlangothi ezintathu zezinsalela zakhe.

Amagugu kaTutankhamun, okuhlanganisa nesifihla-buso segolide esimangalisayo esasimboze ikhanda likamama wakhe, asuswa ethuneni eliseSigodini Samakhosi saseLuxor ngumvubukuli waseBrithani uHoward Carter. Ngokuvamile baboniswa, futhi, e-Cairo Museum.

Izinsalela zikaTut ezazingcwatshiwe zashiywa ethuneni ebhokisini letshe iminyaka. Abavubukuli bagcina ukuvula leli bhokisi ngo-1968, lapho i-X-ray yembula ingxenye yethambo ogebheni lwakhe. Umama waphihlizwa waba yizicucu uhambo lukaCarter, lapho amathuluzi asetshenziswa ukususa imaskhi yegolide yenkosi emzimbeni wakhe. Imaski yayinamathiselwe ngokuqinile kumama nge-resin.

Akukho okuvimbe ucwaningo. U-Hawass wayala ukuba umama abuyiselwe ethuneni lakhe ngemva kokuphothulwa kocwaningo.

Imfihlakalo isizungeza uTutankhamun kusukela ekutholakaleni kwethuna lakhe. ULord Carnarvon, umxhasi kaCarter futhi owayephakathi kwabokuqala abangena ethuneni, washona ngemuva nje kwalokho ngenxa yokulunywa umiyane owayenegciwane. I-Discovery Channel isakaza i-King Tut Unwrapped kuleli Sonto, ngoFebhuwari 21, nangoMsombuluko, Februwari 22.