Kutheni le nto iiPiramidi ezinkulu zaseYiputa zidityaniswe ecaleni komtyana omxinwa entlango? Zeziphi iindlela ezazisetyenziswa ngabantu bamandulo Ma Yiputa ukuthutha amatye amakhulu kangaka anzima okwakhiwa kweephiramidi?
Iingcali ziye zaxoxa ukuba mhlawumbi uMlambo iNayile wawuhamba ngeepiramidi kumaxesha amandulo kwaye iiphiramidi zakhiwa ecaleni kwesebe leNayile eyenza ukuthuthwa kweebhloko zamatye ezinzima. Le ngcinga yayivakala isengqiqweni kodwa kwakungekho bungqina benzululwazi bokuxhasa ibango.
Uphononongo lwakutsha nje lusebenzise isaveyi ye-geophysical, idatha yesathelayithi ye-radar kunye ne-coring yomhlaba onzulu ukuphanda ubume bomhlaba ongaphantsi komhlaba kunye ne-sedimentology kwiNtlambo yeNayile ecaleni kweqela leephiramidi ecaleni komcu omxinwa.
Uphando lweJoloji luveze iintsalela zendlela enkulu yamanzi ngaphantsi komhlaba kufutshane nephiramidi yaseGiza. Eli candelo lalibaleka emazantsi ethafa leNkangala eseNtshona apho uninzi lweephiramidi zikhoyo. Ngapha koko, iiphiramidi ziphelela elunxwemeni lomlambo. Zonke ezi ziphumo zibonisa ukuba eli sebe liphelileyo lalisebenza kwaye lisebenza ngexesha lesigaba sokwakha iiphiramidi.
Uphononongo oludityanisiweyo lwesaveyi ye-geophysical kunye nedatha yesathelayithi ye-radar kunye ne-coring yomhlaba enzulu kwaye ichonge ngempumelelo isebe elikhulu elitshabaleleyo loMlambo iNayile elalihamba ecaleni kweephiramidi.
Isebe eliphelileyo loMlambo umNayile liye labizwa ngokuba yi-Ahramat Branch ngabaphandi.
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Iingxelo:
- Ghoneim, E., Ralph, TJ, Onstine, S. et al. Itsheyina lephiramidi laseYiputa lakhiwa ecaleni kweSebe le-Ahramat Nile elishiywe ngoku. UMhlaba woLuntu we-Environ 5, 233 (2024). Ipapashwe: 16 May 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01379-7
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