Iqembu le abacwaningi eholwa ngu Basem Gehad woMkhandlu Ophakeme Wezinto Zasendulo Egypt futhi Yvona Trnka-Amrhein waseNyuvesi yaseColorado wembule ingxenye engenhla yesifanekiso seNkosi uRamses II esifundeni sase-Ashmunin esifundeni saseMinya. Le ngxenye yesifanekiso yayingekho njengoba ingxenye engezansi yalesi sithombe yatholwa cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule ngo-1930. German umvubukuli UGünther Roeder.
Ingxenye etholakele yenziwe nge-limestone futhi icishe ibe ngamamitha angu-3.80 ukuphakama. Ibonisa iNkosi uRamesses II ehlezi egqoke umqhele okabili kanye nengubo yasekhanda efakwe imfezi yasebukhosini. Ingxenye engenhla yekholomu engemuva yesithombe iphinde ibonise imibhalo ye-hieroglyphic yeziqu zokudumisa inkosi, okubonisa ukuthi ubukhulu besithombe lapho ingxenye yaso engezansi ifakiwe ingase ifinyelele cishe amamitha angu-7.
Ucwaningo lwengxenye engenhla yesifanekiso selutholakele luqinisekisile ukuthi kwakuwukuqhubeka kwengxenye engezansi eyatholwa. ekuqaleni e 1930.
URamesses II wayenguFaro waseGibhithe. Wayengumbusi wesithathu weNkathi Yeshumi Nesishiyagalolunye futhi uthathwa njengoFaro omkhulu, odume kakhulu, futhi onamandla kunawo wonke woMbuso Omusha yingakho evame ukubizwa ngokuthi uRamesses Omkhulu.
Ukumba endaweni yase-Ashmunin kuqale ngonyaka odlule ngenhloso yokwembula isikhungo senkolo sedolobha lase-Ashmunin ngesikhathi soMbuso Omusha kuze kube yinkathi yamaRoma, okuhlanganisa namathempeli amaningana, okuhlanganisa nethempeli leNkosi uRamesses II. Idolobha lase-Ashmunin belaziwa e yasendulo IGibhithe njengeKhemnu, okusho ukuthi iDolobha Labayisishiyagalombili, njengoba laliyindawo yenkolo yaseGibhithe yaseThamun. Enkathini yamaGreki namaRoma yaziwa ngokuthi iHermopolis Magna, futhi yayiyisikhungo sokukhulekelwa kukankulunkulu uDjehuti kanye nenhloko-dolobha yesifunda seshumi nanhlanu.
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Imithombo:
- UMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezinto Zasendulo. Isitatimende sabezindaba - Kwembulwa ingxenye engaphezulu yesifanekiso se-King Ramesses II e-Al-Ashmunin, e-Minya Governorate. Kuthunyelwe ngomhla ka-4 Mashi 2024.
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