Kungani amaPiramidi amakhulu kunawo wonke eGibhithe ehlangene emgqeni omncane ogwadule? Yiziphi izindlela ezazisetshenziswa abasendulo AmaGibhithe ukuthutha amatshe amakhulu kangaka asindayo ukuze kwakhiwe imibhoshongo?
Ochwepheshe baphikisene ngokuthi mhlawumbe uMfula iNayile wawundiza ngemibhoshongo ezikhathini zasendulo futhi imibhoshongo yakhiwa ngasosebeni lwalelo gatsha laseNayile elalivumela ukuthuthwa kwamabhuloki amatshe asindayo. Lokhu kucabanga kuzwakale kunengqondo nokho abukho ubufakazi besayensi obusekela isimangalo.
Ucwaningo lwakamuva lusebenzise inhlolovo ye-geophysical, idatha yesathelayithi ye-radar kanye nokuhlanganisa inhlabathi ejulile ukuze kuphenywe isakhiwo esingaphansi komhlaba kanye ne-sedimentology eSigodini seNayile eduze kweqoqo lamaphiramidi ahambisana nomugqa omncane.
Ucwaningo lwezemvelo lwembula izinsalela zomgwaqo omkhulu wamanzi ngaphansi komhlaba eduze kwephiramidi ye-Giza. Lesi sigaba sasihamba phansi kwe-Western Desert Plateau lapho iningi lamaphiramidi likhona. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imigwaqo emibhoshongo iphelela osebeni lomfula. Konke lokhu okutholakele kusikisela ukuthi leli gatsha elingasekho belisebenza futhi lisebenza ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwemibhoshongo.
Ucwaningo oludidiyelwe inhlolovo ye-geophysical nedatha yesathelayithi ye-radar kanye ne-coring yenhlabathi ejulile futhi lwahlonza ngempumelelo igatsha elikhulu elishabalala loMfula iNayile elalihamba eduze kwamaphiramidi.
Igatsha elingasekho loMfula iNayile liqanjwe abacwaningi ngokuthi i-Ahramat Branch.
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References:
- Ghoneim, E., Ralph, TJ, Onstine, S. et al. Iketango lephiramidi laseGibhithe lakhiwa eduze kweGatsha le-Ahramat Nile eselashiywa. I-Commun Earth Environ 5, 233 (2024). Kushicilelwe: 16 May 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01379-7
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