Uhambo lwendiza enophephela emhlane e-Al-Ula lubonisa ifa lombuso elicebile lokuma kwezwe

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Izindawo eziyingqayizivele ze-AlUla zibonisa izikhathi ezintathu ezihlukene zokuma komhlaba ezisukela eminyakeni engaba yizigidi eziyinkulungwane. Nakuba abavubukuli kanye nezazi zokwakheka komhlaba benethuba lokundiza phezu kwe-AlUla njengengxenye yomsebenzi wabo ukuze baqonde futhi babhale lo mlando, izivakashi ezivakashela i-AlUla manje zingajabulela ukuhlukahluka kwe izikhumbuzo zemivubukulo kanye nokubaluleka komhlaba wonke kwendawo yombuso Ngokwenza uhambo lokuqala lwendiza enophephela emhlane yokuzijabulisa eMbusweni.

U-Don Boyer, omunye wezazi zokuma komhlaba zokuqala ukuthatha izindiza ezinophephela emhlane eziya e-AlUla, uthi izivakashi zizoba nezinto ezijabulisa kakhulu ekuphileni kwazo lapho zibona i-AlUla isemoyeni.

Ngokusekelwe ocwaningweni lwakhe mayelana nokuma kwezwe kwe-AlUla, uBoyer uthe: “Nakuba amadwala eyizinhlobo zamadwala ezivamile, kunezindawo ezintathu ezihluke kakhulu - amadwala ase-pre-Cambrian Arabian, i-sandstone engezwe ngokwemvelo phezu kwawo kwase kuba i-basalt emnyama eyakhiwe. okwakhiwe ngenxa yokuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo - konke endaweni eyodwa, yikho okwenza i-AlUla ikhetheke kangaka."

Ukubuka kwethuna likaLahyan bin Koza endaweni yokuvubukula i-Al-Hijr e-Al-Ula ovela endizeni enophephela emhlane

UBoyer wanezela: “Ukuguguleka komkhathi kanye noshintsho emoyeni nasemanzini kudale ukugeleza okungokwemvelo okufana nomfula ogeleza e-AlUla nasezigodini eziwumqansa. Lezi zakhi zineziqongo zamagquma futhi zenze imiphetho ejijekile ye-basalt nokwakheka kwamatshe okuthakazelisayo, uzothola imibala eyahlukene yendlela yokwenza ehlukahlukene kusukela ku-basalt emnyama ukuya kwesanti esinezingqimba eziningi. Uhambo olumangalisayo lwe-geologic oluthatha umoya wakho futhi lucishe lukwenze ukhale ngenjabulo nomuzwa wokwesaba ngezinye izikhathi."

Amashumi ezinkulungwane zezindawo zokuvubukula zikhonjwe e-Al-Ula futhi ezimbalwa ziphenywe kabanzi kuze kube manje. Isikhathi esihlanganiswe yi-archeology e-Al-Ula cishe okungenani iminyaka engu-7000 ubudala, kuhlanganise nenkathi ye-Dadan kanye nenkathi ye-Nabatean.

UBoyer uthi kuyacaca ukuthi kuningi okwenzeka ngisho ogwadule, athe kuyamangaza uma kubhekwa ubufakazi bokuthi ngabe bekuhlala khona laba bantu bakudala.

UBoyer wanezela: “Indawo esiyibonayo namuhla icishe ifane naleyo eyabonwa abantu balapha eminyakeni engu-7000 XNUMX edlule. Injabulo yokundiza ngale ngxenye ye-Peninsula yase-Arabia - kunokuba, kuthiwa, izindawo zamagugu zaseYurophu - ukuthi azikho izinxushunxushu. Izikhala zinkulu e-AlUla, futhi ungabona izinto esimweni sazo sokuqala futhi isimo sokulondolozwa sihle kakhulu ngokujwayelekile. "

Ukugibela izindiza ezinophephela emhlane kuyatholakala ngentengo engu-750 SAR umuntu ngamunye futhi kusebenza kabili ngosuku. Uhambo lwemizuzu engama-30 luhlanganisa izindawo eziyisikhombisa ezinkulu ezithakaselayo okuhlanganisa iNtaba Yendlovu enkulu, ukwakhiwa kwamatshe emvelo adume kakhulu e-AlUla, Al Hijra, Indawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO kanye nenhloko-dolobha eseningizimu yempucuko yaseNabataean, i-Hejaz Railway kanye nobunjiniyela besimanje. amazing Hall of Mirrors, Isakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke sezibuko esibonisa umhlaba njengoba sicwebezela njengamadayimane ogwadule.

Lolu hambo luzobandakanya nokundiza phezu kwe-Jabal Ikma (I-Open Library) kanye ne-Dadan, inhloko-dolobha yombuso wakwaDadan no-Lehyan kanye nedolobha lasendulo i-Al-Ula, idolobha lasendulo elaqala ngekhulu le-XNUMX AD, ngaphambi kokundiza. emuva edolobhaneni laseFarasan