Kafukufuku woyambirira wapatsamba akuwonetsa kuti chida chachikulu ichi chopangidwa bwino cha basalt ndi mainchesi 20 ndipo chikuwoneka kuti ndicho "nkhwangwa" yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Chojambulacho chinayambira ku Lower to Middle Paleolithic ndipo ndi zaka zoposa 200,000.
Nkhwangwa yamanja inapezedwa ndi gulu lapadziko lonse la akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale omwe amagwira ntchito ndi Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), motsogoleredwa ndi Dr. Omer "Can" Aksoy ndi Dr. Gizem Kahraman Aksoy ochokera ku TEOS Heritage. Gululo lidawona malo achipululu kumwera kwa AlUla, yotchedwa Qurh Plain, kuti ayang'ane umboni wa zochitika za anthu m'nthawi zakale.
Gululi lakwanitsa kale kuvumbulutsa zinthu zakale zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti dziko loletsedwali linali ndi anthu okhala m'nthawi yachisilamu choyambirira, ndipo tsopano kupezeka kwa chinthu chosowa komanso chodabwitsachi chikulonjeza kutsegula mutu watsopano m'mbiri ya anthu ku Arabia ndi kupitirira. kulemba.
Chopangidwa kuchokera ku basalt yopangidwa bwino, chida chamwalacho ndi 20 ″ chachitali ndipo chapangidwa mbali zonse kuti chipange chida cholimba chodula kapena kudula m'mphepete. Pakadali pano, magwiridwe antchito amatha kungoganiziridwa, koma ngakhale kukula kwake, chipangizocho chimagwirizana bwino ndi manja awiri.
Kufufuzaku kukupitirirabe, ndipo izi ndi chimodzi chabe mwa khumi ndi awiri ofanana, ngakhale ang'onoang'ono, nkhwangwa zamanja za Paleolithic zomwe zapezeka. Tikukhulupirira kuti kafukufuku wowonjezereka wa sayansi adzaulula zambiri zokhudza chiyambi ndi ntchito ya zinthu zimenezi ndi anthu amene anazipanga zaka mazana masauzande zapitazo.
Dr. Ömer Aksoy, mtsogoleri wa polojekiti, adati:
"Nkhwangwa yamanja iyi ndi imodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri zomwe tapeza pakufufuza kwathu komwe kukuchitika ku Qurh Plain."
"Chida chodabwitsa ichi chamwala ndi choposa theka la mita (kutalika: 51.3 cm, m'lifupi: 9.5 cm, makulidwe: 5.7 cm) ndipo ndi chitsanzo chachikulu kwambiri cha zida zamwala zomwe zapezeka pamalo ano. Pofufuza mafananidwe padziko lonse lapansi, palibe nkhwangwa yamanja yofanana kukula kwake yomwe idapezeka. Izi zitha kupangitsa kuti ikhale imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri zomwe zidapezekapo. ”
Kuphatikiza pa kafukufukuyu wa Qurh Plain, RCU ikuyang'anira ntchito zina zapadera za 11 zomwe zikuchitika ku AlUla ndi pafupi ndi Khaybar. Dongosolo lofuna kufufuza limeneli likuchitika ndi cholinga chofuna kuulula zinsinsi za dziko lakale m’derali. Zomwe zapezedwazi zikusonyeza kuti pali zambiri zoti tiphunzire Saudi Arabiambiri ya anthu.
Archaeology ndi chinthu chofunikira pakukonzanso kwathunthu kwa RCU kwa chigawo cha AlUla monga malo otsogola padziko lonse lapansi pachikhalidwe ndi cholowa chachilengedwe.
Ntchito 12 zofukula zakale zomwe zidachitika m'nyengo yophukira ya 2023 kuyambira Okutobala mpaka Disembala zikuyimira limodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi pakufufuza ndi kasungidwe kazinthu zakale. Ntchito ipitilira ndi mautumiki owonjezera omwe adakonzedwa m'nyengo yozizira ndi masika 2024.
Nyengo ya kugwa kwa 2023 ili ndi msonkhano wapadziko lonse lapansi wa akatswiri ofukula zakale opitilira 200 komanso akatswiri azachikhalidwe, kuphatikiza akatswiri ochokera ku Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, ndi United Kingdom. Zambiri mwazinthuzi ndikupitilira kafukufuku wopitilira womwe umaphatikizapo kuphunzitsa ndi kulangiza ophunzira opitilira 100 ofukula zakale ochokera ku Saudi Arabia.
Msonkhano woyamba wa AlUla World Archaeology Summit unachitika mu Seputembala, kuwonetsa malo a AlUla ngati likulu la zochitika zakale. Msonkhanowu unakopa nthumwi zoposa 300 zochokera ku mayiko a 39 ndipo zinayambitsa zokambirana zamagulu osiyanasiyana omwe cholinga chake chinali kugwirizanitsa zofukulidwa zakale ndi madera akuluakulu.
