Iqela le baphandi khokelwa ngu Basem Gehad yeBhunga eliPhezulu lezinto zakudala ze Egypt kwaye Yvona Trnka-Amrhein yeYunivesithi yaseColorado ifumene indawo ephezulu yomfanekiso kaKumkani uRamses II kummandla wase-Ashmunin kwi-Governorate yaseMinya. Le nxalenye yomfanekiso yayilahlekile ukusukela oko kwafunyanwa indawo esezantsi yomfanekiso oqingqiweyo malunga nenkulungwane eyadlulayo ngo-1930. isiJamani umembi wezinto zakudala UGünther Roeder.
Inxalenye efunyenweyo yenziwe nge-limestone kwaye imalunga ne-3.80 yeemitha ukuphakama. Ibonisa uKumkani uRamesses II ehleli enxibe isithsaba esiphindwe kabini kunye nentloko egqunywe ngephimpi lasebukhosini. Inxalenye ephezulu yekholamu engasemva yomfanekiso ikwabonisa imibhalo ye-hieroglyphic yezihloko zokuzukisa ukumkani, ebonisa ukuba ubukhulu bomfanekiso xa inxalenye yawo esezantsi ifakwe inokufikelela malunga neemitha ezi-7.
Uphononongo lwendawo engaphezulu efunyenweyo yomfanekiso oqingqiweyo iqinisekisile ukuba ibikukuqhubekeka kwendawo esezantsi efunyenweyo. ngaphambili kwi 1930.
Iinyani II wayenguFaro waseYiputa. Wayengoyena mlawuli wesithathu woBukhosi beshumi elinesithoba kwaye uthathwa njengoyena Faro mkhulu, odumileyo, noyena unamandla woBukumkani obutsha kungoko edla ngokubizwa ngokuba nguRamesses Omkhulu.
Ukumba kwingingqi yase-Ashmunin kuqale kunyaka ophelileyo ngenjongo yokutyhila iziko lenkolo yesixeko sase-Ashmunin ngexesha loBukumkani obutsha kude kube lixesha lamaRoma, elibandakanya iitempile ezininzi, kuquka itempile kaKumkani uRamesses II. Isixeko saseAshmunin sasisaziwa mandulo I-Egypt njengeKhemnu, oku kuthetha ukuba isiXeko seSibhozo, njengoko yayiyisihlalo senkolo yaseYiputa yaseThamun. Yayisaziwa ngexesha lamaGrike namaRoma njengeHermopolis Magna, kwaye yayiliziko lokunqulwa kothixo uDjehuti kunye nekomkhulu lommandla weshumi elinesihlanu.
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Imithombo:
- UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye nezinto zakudala. Ingxelo yeendaba - Ukutyhila indawo ephezulu yomfanekiso kaKumkani uRamesses II e-Al-Ashmunin, kwiRhuluneli yaseMinya. Ithunyelwe nge-4 kaMatshi ngo-2024.
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