UMphathiswa weNkcubeko waseYiputa ubhengeze ukuba iqela le-archaeological laseYiputa elivela kwi-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) lifumene intsalela egcinwe kakuhle ye-limestone winemaking factory esukela kwixesha laseByzantine (kwinkulungwane yesithandathu AD). Yafunyanwa ngexesha lomsebenzi wesiqhelo kwindawo yaseSayl al-Tuhfah, kwintshona yeMonastery yaseSaint Catherine eSinayi.
UGqr. Zahi Hawass, unobhala jikelele weSCA, uthe lo mzi-mveliso unamacandelo amabini; eyokuqala isisikwere esinempompo kwelinye icala. Umzantsi wesitya ugqunywe ngodaka. Amanye amacandelo asenawo amabala abomvu ewayini. Udonga olungasentla lwesi sitya luhlotshiswe ngepatheni emise okwesiphambano ngaphakathi kwesangqa phantsi apho kukho impompo yodongwe. “Olu hlobo lwempompo lwalukhe lwasetyenziswa ukwenza iwayini iqukuqele emva kokusila iirasentyisi kunye neentsuku,” utshilo uHawass.
UFarag Fada, intloko yesebe lamaSilamsi kunye neCoptic, uvavanye le ndawo kwaye wathi inxalenye yesibini yomzi-mveliso sisitya esisangqa esifana nequla elinomngxuma. Kumacala ayo amabini, kwafunyanwa amacwecwe amabini ekalika, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba ayekhe asetyenziswa ngabasebenzi bomzi-mveliso ukuma kuwo, wongezelela uFada.
UTarek El-Naggar, intloko yamazantsi eSinayi kwizinto zakudala, uthe indawo edibanisa impompo yodongwe kwisitya sesibini inomngxuma ukuze kubekwe iimbiza ezisetyenziselwa ukugcinwa kwewayini. Uphononongo lwakwangoko lubonise ukuba indawo yase-Sayl al-Tuhfah yayiyindawo yemveliso yewayini, njengoko kwakukho imidiliya emininzi kunye nemithi yesundu.
Kutshanje, kwafunyanwa enye into ebalulekileyo kwindawo enye: iingqekembe ezimbini zegolide zomlawuli waseByzantium uValens (AD 364-378) zafunyanwa kwindawo yaseSayl al-Tuhfah eGebel Abbas, esentshona ye-monastery. Iingqekembe zifunyenwe ngexesha lokwembiwa kwesiqhelo olwenziwa ngokunjalo yi-SCA. UHawass uthe ezi ngqekembe yayikokokuqala ngqa ukufunyanwa kwezinto eYiputa ezizezoMlawuli uValens.
Iingqekembe zeValens zazifunyenwe ngaphambili eLebhanon naseSyria, hayi iJiphutha. Iintsalela zeendonga kunye namaqhekeza odongwe, iglasi kunye ne-porcelain nazo zembiwa. Fada, yathi elinye icala lazo zombini ezi ngqekembe linomfanekiso womlawuli onxibe isithsaba esihonjisiweyo esihonjiswe ngemiqolo emibini yeeperile ejikeleze umnqamlezo wegolide, ukongezelela kwisinxibo sakhe saseburhulumenteni. Elinye icala libonisa umlawuli enxibe isinxibo sakhe somkhosi, ephethe umsimelelo onomnqamlezo esandleni sakhe sasekhohlo kunye nebhola ephakanyiswe yingelosi enamaphiko esandleni sakhe sokunene.
U-El-Naggar uthe zombini ezi ngqekembe zacinezelwa kwa-Antiyokwe (ngoku eyiAntakya kumazantsi eTurkey). Ukugrumba okuthe kratya kutyhila izinto ezininzi eziya kongeza kulwazi lwabantu ngeSinayi nembali yayo, ngakumbi ngexesha leByzantine.
