Iibhokisi ezine zeplanga zeanthropoid, iingqayi ezintathu zeplanga zecanopic, kunye neebhokisi ezine zewashabti ziye zavunjululwa ngaphakathi kwendawo yokungcwaba engachazwanga ekummandla osemantla wengcwaba laseRamesside likaTa eDahshur Necropolis, emazantsi ethafa laseGiza. Umphathiswa wenkcubeko e-Egypt u-Farouk Hosni ubhengeze ukuba oku kufunyaniswe yimishini yaseJapan evela kwiziko le-Egyptology kwiYunivesithi yaseWaseda.

UGqr. Zahi Hawass, unobhala-jikelele weBhunga eliPhezulu le-Antiquities (SCA), wathi nangona ezi bhokisi zingenanto ngoku, ngenxa yokuphangwa ngabahlaseli bamangcwaba amandulo, iimpawu zabo zangaphambili zihlala zinjalo.

U-Hawass wongeze ukuba uphononongo lwangaphambili lwezi bhokisi luzilandelela emva kwexesha leRamesside okanye kwiXesha likaLate. Iibhokisi zohlulwe zibe ziiseti ezimbini, ezifundisayo ezineebhokisi ezininzi ezigqunywe ngentlaka emnyama kwaye zihonjiswe ngemibhalo emthubi. Ezi seti zimbini zezabantu bamaJiphutha amabini angaziwayo abizwa ngokuba yiTutpashu kunye ne-Iriseraa.

UGqr. Sakuji Yoshemura, intloko yemishini yaseJapan, wathi iseti yokuqala inemifanekiso yomnini wayo kunye nezithixo ezahlukeneyo zaseYiputa zamandulo, ngelixa enye incinci kwaye ilula. Amagama abo bobabini abhalwe kwiingqayi zecanopic kunye neebhokisi zewashabti, eziqulathe ubuncinci imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yeplanga eyophukileyo engama-38.

UYoshimura wachaza ukuba zonke izinto zisusiwe emhadini zasiwa kwindawo yegalari ukuze zibuyiselwe ngokukhawuleza.

Uthumo lwaseJapan lweYunivesithi yaseWaseda luye lwatyhila inani lamangcwaba, iibhokisi, amangcwaba nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo ukususela oko yaqala ukugrunjwa kule ndawo kwiminyaka eli-15 eyadlulayo. Ezinye zezi zinto zinokubonwa ngoku kukhenketho eJapan, kumboniso okhethekileyo wokubhiyozela unyaka wama-40 weYunivesithi yaseWaseda womsebenzi wezinto zakudala zakudala eYiputa.

IDahshur ilele kweyona ncam isemazantsi eMemphis necropolis enwebeka ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-30 emantla ukuya emazantsi ukusuka kwiindawo zakudala zase-Abu Rawash, eGiza ukuya eZawiyet el Aryan, Abusir, Sakkara naseSouth Sakkara. IMemphis yasekwa ekupheleni koBukhosi zero okanye ekuqaleni koLawulo lokuQala. Yayilikomkhulu laseYiputa ubuncinci, ukusukela kuLawulo lwesiBini ukuya kutsho kuBukhosi beSibhozo.

Malunga neminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, abahlaseli bamangcwaba ezinto zamandulo babanjwa ngobhongwana ngabasemagunyeni, bebakhokelela kwiindawo zakudala ezingazange zicingelwe ukuba zikhona kule ndawo. Abaphangi bamangcwaba baqalisa ukomba wabo ngobunye ubusuku behlobo kodwa babanjwa ngamapolisa. Bengazi ngokugrumba kwabo, bancede abasemagunyeni ukuba bafumanise i-necropolis yokuqala eyakhe yafunyanwa inikezelwe “kusapho lwasebukhosini” bamazinyo bakaKumkani u-E Emery woLawulo lokuQala.

Ukuphangwa kwamangcwaba kuxhaphakile kwindawo engqonge iMemphis necropolis, athe uHawass uthe uvelise kuphela i-30 pesenti yabo bonke ubutyebi bezinto zakudala zakudala obusangcwatyiweyo. Ngethamsanqa (ngelishwa), abo baphanga amangcwaba amandulo bathatha kuphela izinto ezixabisekileyo, ezixabisekileyo kwaye bashiye ngasemva amangcwaba, i-sarcophagus, iibhokisi, izidumbu kunye neentsalela ngenxa yokuba abanako ukuthengisa izinto ezinjalo kwimarike emnyama.