"Mipukutu ya Nyanja Yakufa," chiwonetsero chomwe chakopa mamiliyoni ambiri padziko lonse lapansi, chidzatsegulidwa ku Denver Museum of Nature & Science pa March 16. Wothandizira ndi Sturm Family Foundation, ndi thandizo lalikulu lochokera kwa Lorie ndi Henry Gordon.
Chiwonetsero choyamba m’chigawochi ndi mwayi wopezeka kamodzi kokha woona Mipukutu ya ku Nyanja Yakufa, mipukutu yakale kwambiri yomwe ili ndi zolembedwa zakale kwambiri za m’Baibulo zomwe zinalembedwa zaka zoposa 2,000. Mipukutuyo iwonetsedwa modabwitsa mkati mwachiwonetsero chachikulu chokhala ndi zipinda zoyendetsedwa bwino, pamodzi ndi zomasulira zonse za Chingerezi.
Kuphatikiza apo, zinthu zakale kwambiri zochokera ku Dziko Loyera zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa kuti ziwonetsedwe zilola alendo kuti afufuze miyambo, zikhulupiriro ndi zinthu zodziwika bwino za Israeli wakale zomwe zikupitilizabe kukhudza zikhalidwe zapadziko lapansi masiku ano. Zinthu mazanamazana zikuphatikizapo zolemba ndi zisindikizo, zida, zosema mwala, zifaniziro za terra cotta, zotsalira za zizindikiro zachipembedzo, ndalama, nsapato, nsalu, zojambulajambula, zoumba ndi zodzikongoletsera.
Zomwe zachitikazi zikuwonetsa kupangidwanso kwa Khoma Lakumadzulo kuchokera ku mzinda wakale wa Yerusalemu ndi mwala weniweni wa matani atatu kuchokera pakhoma lomwe amakhulupirira kuti adagwa mu 70 BCE. Alendo akhoza kusiya zolemba zawo zolembedwa pamanja ndi mapemphero omwe adzatumizidwa ku Israeli ndi kuikidwa pakhoma. Mwambo woyika zolemba pakati pa miyala unayamba zaka mazana ambiri zapitazo.
Mipukutu ya ku Nyanja Yakufa imaimira chimodzi mwa zinthu zofukulidwa m’zaka za m’ma 20. Mu 1947, woweta mbuzi wa mtundu wa Bedouin anagwa m’phanga lobisika m’mphepete mwa Nyanja Yakufa, pafupi ndi malo amene anthu akale ankakhala ku Qumran. M’phangalo munali mipukutu imene inali isanaoneke kwa zaka 2,000. Atafukula mozama, mipukutu yosungidwa mochititsa chidwi yokwana 972 inapezeka, zomwe zinachititsa kuti zaka makumi ambiri zifufuzidwe modabwitsa, mkangano ndi mantha.
“Mwayi wapadera umenewu ukuchititsa kuti dera lathu lizionana maso ndi maso ndi zikalata zenizeni zimene zili zofunika kwambiri pa zipembedzo zina zazikulu za padziko lapansi komanso chiyambi cha chitukuko cha azungu,” anatero George Sparks, Purezidenti ndi Mkulu wa Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale.
"Sturm Family Foundation ndiwolemekezeka kuthandiza kubweretsa zinthu zakale zapadziko lonse ku Denver," adatero Don Sturm, woyambitsa Sturm Family Foundation.
"Mipukutu ya ku Nyanja Yakufa" imakonzedwa ndi Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
