I-CAIRO - Abahambi abaya eYiputa kungekudala baya kukwazi ukuphonononga amagumbi angaphakathi ephiramidi "egobileyo" eneminyaka eyi-4,500, eyaziwa ngokuba yiprofayili emile ngendlela engaqhelekanga, kunye namanye amangcwaba akudala akufutshane.
Ukufikelela okwandisiweyo kwiiphiramidi kumazantsi eCairo yinxalenye yephulo elitsha lophuhliso oluzinzileyo elinethemba lokuba i-Egypt liya kutsala iindwendwe ezininzi kodwa nokuphepha ezinye zeengxaki zokuxinana kwedolophu eziye zachaphazela iiphiramidi ezidumileyo zaseGiza.
Isazi sezinto zakudala zaseYiputa, uZahi Hawass, uthe amagumbi ephiramidi yeemitha ezili-100 ngaphandle kwelali yaseDahshur, iikhilomitha ezingama-80 kumazantsi eCairo, avulwe okokuqala kubakhenkethi ngoMeyi okanye ngoJuni.
“Oku kuya kuba yinto emnandi,” uxelele iintatheli.
Iphiramidi egobileyo yaseDahshur idume ngeprofayili yayo engaqhelekanga. Amacala engcwaba elikhulu aphakama kwi-engile enyukayo kodwa ngequbuliso athi thaca ngendlela engenzulwanga ukuya kwincopho yephiramidi.
Abembi bezinto zakudala bakholelwa ukuba iphiramidi-abakhi batshintsha iingqondo zabo ngelixa besakha, ngenxa yokoyika ukuba sonke isakhiwo sinokudilika ngenxa yokuba amacala ayenommango kakhulu.
Iphiramidi ingenwa ngetonela elimxinwa leemitha ezingama-80 ubude elivulekela kwigumbi elikhulu eliphakamileyo. Ukusuka apho, iipaseji zikhokelela kwamanye amagumbi, kuquka nelo linamaplanga omsedare ekukholelwa ukuba asuka eLebhanon yamandulo.
U-Hawass uthe abembi bezinto zakudala bakholelwa ukuba igumbi lokungcwaba likaFaro Sneferu alizange lifumaneke ngaphakathi kwiphiramidi.
Amagumbi angaphakathi ephiramidi eBomvu ekufuphi, nayo eyakhiwe nguSneferu, sele ifikeleleka kubakhenkethi. U-Hawass uthe ezinye iiphiramidi ezininzi ezikufutshane, kubandakanya enye ene-labyrinth engaphantsi komhlaba evela kuMbindi woBukumkani, nazo ziya kuvulwa kulo nyaka uzayo.
“Kuyamangalisa ngenxa yeepaseji ezininzi ezingaphantsi kwale phiramidi- olu tyelelo luya kuba lodwa,” utshilo uHawass, ebhekisa kwiphiramidi ka-Amenhemhat III, owayelawula ngexesha lobukhosi be-12 baseYiputa ukusuka kwi-1859-1813 BC.
“Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu eyadlulayo, ndaya kungena kule phiramidi ndisoyika ukuba andiphindi ndibuye, kwaye kwanyanzeleka ukuba ndicele abasebenzi ukuba bandibophe iintambo emlenzeni wam ukuze ndingalahleki,” ukhumbule oko.
Iipesenti ezintlanu kuphela zabakhenkethi abeza eYiputa batyelele iiphiramidi ezintathu zaseDahshur, utshilo uHawass.
Unethemba lokuba ukwandisa ukufikelela kwizikhumbuzo kuya kuzisa iindwendwe ezininzi. Kodwa uphinde walumkisa ukuba iindawo zokutyela ezikhawulezayo zaseNtshona kunye namakhulukhulu abarhwebi abathengisa izikhumbuzo zekitschy kufutshane neephiramidi zaseGiza aziyi kuvunyelwa eDahshur, ngoku ejikelezwe ngamasimi ezolimo kwelinye icala kunye nentlango evulekileyo kwelinye.
Njengenxalenye yomzamo obhengezwe yi-Hawass kunye neZizwe eziManyeneyo, abahlali beelali ezikufutshane neDahshur baya kunikwa amathuba ezoqoqosho ukunyusa uphuhliso lwasekhaya kuquka i-microfinance loans kumashishini amancinci. Abakhange bakhuphe zinkcukacha kodwa bathi banethemba lokudala isicwangciso esiphambili seDahshur kunye neelali eziyingqongileyo ekupheleni konyaka.
