(eTN) - Dr. Zahi Hawass, Mlembi Wamkulu wa Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) adalengeza sabata yatha ntchito yofukula mabwinja ya ku Russia ndi America yapeza mitembo yambiri ya Graeco-Roman yosungidwa bwino yomwe ili m'makatoni. Iwo adapeza izi panthawi yofukula wamba ku Deir el-Banat necropolis ku Fayoum.
Hawass adawonjezera kuti ntchitoyo idavumbulutsa mabokosi atatu okongoletsedwa ndi zolemba zachipembedzo za Bukhu la Akufa. Amayi mmodzi amene anali mumkhalidwe woipa wosungika anapezedwa m’bokosi limodzi la maliro ameneŵa. Nkhope yake inali itaphimbidwa ndi chigoba chonyezimira. Zibangili, zodzikongoletsera, ndi zidutswa makumi anayi za nsalu zokongoletsedwa ndi nangula, zowoloka ndi zizindikiro zazikulu, zidapezekanso.
Galina Belova, mkulu wa mission yaku Russia, adati kukonzanso kumaso kudzachitidwa pa mayi wachikazi nyengo yotsatira. Adafotokozanso za kukonzanso zombo za ceramic ndi faience zomwe zidakumbidwa nyengo zam'mbuyomu zatha kale.
M'malo mwa amayi, Fayoum akhoza kudziwika kwambiri chifukwa cha mbiri yake yachipembedzo. Midzi ku Fayoum imathandizira zomwe zapezeka m'mbuyomu za kuzunzidwa kwa Aroma kochitidwa ndi Akhristu ku Egypt. Zotsalira zakale za kuzunzidwa kumeneku sizidziwika bwino koma zikuwonetsedwa. Mitanda yachikhristu ya Coptic kuyambira nthawi imeneyi imapezeka m'mapanga ku Fayoum, omwewo omwe amadutsamo alendo omwe amapezeka m'manda a pharaonic ku Luxor, ndi kachisi wa Dendera pafupi ndi Qena. N’kutheka kuti malo amenewa ankabisalamo Akhristu pa nthawi ya chizunzo cha Aroma.
Nthawi yapakati pa chaka cha 200 ndi msonkhano wa Chalcedon (451) inali nthawi yotukuka kwa Tchalitchi cha Coptic Orthodox. Ngakhale kuti Aroma ankazunza Akhristu, mpingo unapitirizabe kukula. Mazunzo anali aakulu kwambiri mu ulamuliro wa mfumu Diocletian (284-311). Kukula kwa mazunzo achikhristu ku Egypt mwina kunali kokulirapo kuposa m'maiko ena chifukwa cha kukula kwa gulu lachikhristu ku Egypt. Mpingo umadziwa oyera mtima angapo kuyambira masiku amenewo monga Menas ndi Dimyana. Mazunzowa akhudza kwambiri mpingo kotero kuti mpingo wa Coptic Orthodox unaganiza zoyamba nthawi yake mchaka cha 284. Chaka cha AD 2000 ndi cha Copts, chaka cha 1717 AM (anno martyrum).
Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, matchalitchi akale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndi mabwinja a mipingo ku Egypt kuyambira zaka za zana lachinayi sakumanganso malo awo pamalowa - ngati sichogwirizana. Masiku ano, imodzi mwa nkhani zomwe zimadzutsidwa nthawi zambiri ndizovuta kumanga matchalitchi ku Fayoum. Bambo Dr. Rufa'il Samy wa m'mudzi wa Tamiya ku Fayoum adawonetsa ntchito zomanga m'mudzi mwawo, kusintha tchalitchi chamudzi chomwe chinamangidwa mu 1902 kukhala tchalitchi chachikulu. Mpingo wakale unayeza 14 ndi 16 mita, tchalitchi chatsopano 29 ndi 34 mita. Mpingo wakale unali ndi nsanja yotalika mamita 12. Mpingo watsopanowu uli ndi nsanja yotalika mamita 36. Ntchito zomanga ndi zovomerezeka mwalamulo pa chigamulo cha Purezidenti cha 1994 chomwe chidapezedwa m'miyezi yochepa chabe. Palibe kutsutsa kodziwika kwa nyumbayi kuchokera kwa anthu achisilamu. Wansembeyo adaulula chinsinsi: kumanga ubale wabwino ndi Asilamu akumaloko komanso akuluakulu aboma.
Pali midzi ndi mizinda yomwe akhristu amakumana ndi zovuta pomanga, kukonzanso kapena kukonza mipingo koma ife tiri ndi midzi yomwe kulibe mavuto otere.
Ku Fayoum, mipingo yatsopano yomangidwa, mothandizidwa ndi kugwirizana kwakukulu, ndi ma mummies atsopano omwe amapezeka sangathe kuika mudziwo nthawi yomweyo pamapu oyendera alendo ku Egypt. Komabe, alendo owerengeka omwe atopa ndi maulendo achikhalidwe angafune kuwona china chake m'malo akumidzi osadziwika bwino.
