Kude kube ngaloo ntsasa yokuqala eCairo, bendisoloko ndiva ukuba ubugcisa base-Yiphutha bungafikeleleki. Ndiyabuthanda ubungakanani bayo, ewe, kunye nobuhle bayo obungapheliyo. Njengabaninzi baseNew York, bendonwabile kukubona iTempile yaseDendur, zonke zikhanyisiwe kwiMyuziyam yaseMetropolitan yoBugcisa, xa bendigoduka ndingena eCentral Park. Kodwa ukuze ubugcisa buphile ngokwenyani, ayinakuba yimvelaphi nje. Umntu kufuneka afumane indlela yokuwuqonda umoya wayo, ukuze uhlale emhlabeni ovela kuwo. Kum, inkcubeko yase-Egypt yakudala yayihlala ibonakala ngathi iceke kakhulu, yayingaziva iyinyani. Kwaye bendisokola ukufumana intloko yam ijikeleze ingqondo yayo yakudala. Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba iinkulungwane ezininzi zahlule uAlexander omkhulu kwi Iiphiramidi zaseGiza njengokuba sahlukene naye?
Kodwa ngaloo ntsasa kaDisemba iqaqambileyo, entsha Imyuziyam enkulu yase-Egypt eGiza , ngasentshona yeCairo, kukho into etshintshe kum ngonaphakade. Ukuzifumana ndikufutshane nezinto ezikhoyo ngoku, ngoku kuyamangalisa, ubugcisa be-Egypt yamandulo buyekile ukuba kude okanye ikhathuni. Nasi isitulo sepapyrus sikaTutankhamun; kwakukho i-ushabti, okanye imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yokungcwaba, kwimibala eyahlukeneyo e-blue. Kwelinye igumbi bekukho iibhedi zomngcwabo ezinamalungu amancinci, igqabi lalo legolide lisahleli. Omnye wayenekhekhe ejongene nekati kwizithuba zayo, enye inkomo yesibhakabhaka iMehet-Weret, enemikhonto emnyama ehombisa ulusu lwayo lwegolide. Kwakusondele kakhulu, kusondele kakhulu. Nditsho nelizwe eligutyungelweyo leefharao khange libonakale lingenakufikeleleka kanye xa bendizokuma nje i-intshi kude nezambatho zangaphantsi zikaTutankhamun - intambo enkulu yelinen enebala elimdaka, hayi ngenxa yayo nayiphi na impazamo, kodwa nge-33 yeenkulungwane ze-oxidation.
IMyuziyam enkulu yase-Egypt I-atrium yeMyuziyam eNkulu yase-Egypt eGiza, ekucwangciselwe ukuba ivulwe ngo-2020 Ityala: USimon RobertsImyuziyam, eyakhiwa ngexabiso leedola eziyi-1.1 yezigidigidi, ipharaonic. Akukho gama limbi lithatha isithethe seminyaka engama-5 000 sase-Egypt sokwakha izakhiwo zesikhumbuzo esikalini esingahambelaniyo nayo yonke ingcinga. Kumaxesha anamhlanje, i-Egypt ayiphulukananga nokuthanda kwayo inqanaba lepharaonic. Kukho idama langaphambili lowayengumongameli uGamal Abdel Nasser e-Aswan, eyadala elinye lamachibi amakhulu enziwe ngabantu kwaye yanyanzelisa ukufuduswa kwazo zonke izakhiwo zetempile e-Abu Simbel nasePhilae; isixeko esilikomkhulu elitsha, esingekabizwa ngagama, esakhiwayo iikhilomitha ezingama-28 empuma yeCairo; kwaye ngoku le myuziyam izukileyo, ekucwangciselwe ukuba ivulwe ngo-2020. Esi sakhiwo sikhulu kakhulu kangangokuba ne-colossus eyi-39 yeenyawo ubude beRamses II, eyakhe yaphakama ngaphezulu kweRamses Square, embindini wedolophu, iyinto nje emnandi indawo yokuhlala.
Eyilwe njengephiramidi yeglasi, ilitye, kunye nentsimbi, imyuziyam entsha ihleli kwisithunzi sePiramidi zakudala, izama, ngobuqili bokuyila kunye nembono, yokuxhamla kwizipho zabo ezilungileyo, njengabantakwabo abangahoywanga. Kusekutsha kakhulu ukuba ungatsho ukuba iigalari ziya kuziva njani xa sele zigqityiwe, okanye ukuba zeziphi izimvo ezitshabalalisayo zezikhumbuzo zasebukhosini zaseGiza eziza kuyenza ukwakha indawo yakuba nje kugqityiwe ukwakhiwa kwaye imigca yokubona icacile. Into endinokuyithetha kukuba kwiilabhoratri ezahlukeneyo zolondolozo endandizityelele nomyeni wam - ilebhu zamatye kunye neelebhu zomthi, iilebhu ezimanzi kunye neelebhu ezomileyo- sabona kufutshane ezinye zezinto ezinokuqulathwa ngumyuziyam. Kwaye kwakumangalisa.
Besise-Egypt ekupheleni kwento abanye ababeyibiza ngokuba yiminyaka esixhenxe emibi. I-Arab Spring ka-2011 yafika yadlula, kwaye ukubhukuqwa kuka-Hosni Mubarak, owayephethe i-Egypt ngokunyanzela amashumi amathathu eminyaka, kwakhokelela kwiminyaka yesiphithiphithi apho eli lizwe lixhomekeke kubakhenkethi lalilambe ngendlala yeendwendwe. Ngexesha lokufika kwethu, i-Egypt yayisele inikelwe ezandleni zenye indoda eyomeleleyo, u-Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Kwaye nangona uhlaselo lobunqolobi lwalusele luyingxaki, izivumelwano zazisa uzinzo kunye nokukhuseleka kweli lizwe. Iiprojekthi zamabhaso eziseko ezingxamisekileyo beziqhubeka. Iindwendwe zazibuya zininzi, kwaye sasiphakathi kwazo.
ECairo, ukongeza kumbono oqhelekileyo wokubuka indawo, besinethemba lokufumana umbono wedrama enkulu yabantu eye yenzeka ezitalatweni zalo mmandla mkhulu kangaka. ICairo inobomi obuyintsomi, kwaye bendifuna ukuva amazwi ayo, kuba kubonakala kum ukuba ukuhamba nje ukubona indawo kwindawo yokuchacha kweso siphithiphithi kukuhamba ndingaboni. Emva kweCairo, sasiza kuhamba ngenqwelomoya siye eAswan kwaye saqala olona hambo luqhelekileyo: uhambo ngesikhephe kumNayile, sifaka ikhosi emantla siye eLuxor, sibona itempile emva kwetempile yakudala. Ndichithe iminyaka emininzi ndindwendwela ezinye izinto ezimangalisayo kwilizwe lakudala, kodwa ithemba lokubona oko kwakumangalisa, nakubantu bamandulo, lalisonwabisa.
ICairo yijazz, u-Omar Robert Hamilton ubhale kuyo IsiXeko sihlala siphumelela , inoveli ebekwe ngexesha leNtlakohlaza yaseArabhu. Zonke iimpembelelo zokuziphikisa ezenzelwe ukuqwalaselwa, ngamanye amaxesha ii-solos eziqaqambileyo zimi phezulu ngaphezulu kwesingqino esitratweni. Ulibale iNew York, yonke imbali yehlabathi inokubonwa ukusuka apha. Ekuqaleni, yonke into endiyibonileyo yayikukutshayelwa kwezakhiwo ezikhanyayo. Ukuxinana kweCairo kwakugqithise kangangokuba kwabonakala ngathi kuyaphumelela nakwiipiramidi, kungasathethwa ke ngemisebenzi yamva ye-Fatimids kunye ne-Ottoman. Kodwa, ngokuthe ngcembe, amaxesha ngamaxesha, njengesiqholo esiqhekeza izinto zaso, isixeko saqala ukuziveza-ngoku njengendawo yemivalo enabileyo kunye neeristocrats ezaphukileyo, ngoku njengemyuziyam ephilayo, apho babenakho ukubhadula khona ecaleni kwesitalato kwaye ubone iarc engapheliyo apho ubudala emva kobudala bokwakhiwa kwamaSilamsi kubekiwe. Izakhiwo zaseYurophu ezidilikayo, iifadade zazo zazisinda ngothuli, zahlala ecaleni kweendlela zeAbbasid. Kwakukho iihammamm zase-Ottoman, ezinama-ablaq amachaphaza agudileyo, kunye neeMosluk ezinee-stalactites kwiiarches zazo.
Abenzi bombhoxo eYiputa Isikolo seMpahla seMpuma eSaqqara sesinye sezona ndawo zibalulekileyo emhlabeni. Le ragi yathatha abantu ababini ukuyenza iminyaka emibini. | Ityala: USimon RobertsICairo yayinomdla, inomdla, inesidima, kwaye inxila. Ndiyithandile imivalo yebhiya encinci edolophini edilikayo, apho, kwisibane esiphantsi esivela kwimibala ebomvu ebomvu, abafana kunye namabhinqa basela ngobushushu. U-Umm Kulthum, umama wazo zonke ii-divas zase-Egypt, wacula ngokuzithoba kwitheyiphu enqabileyo njengoko iingqayi zomsi oluhlaza zenyuka zenyuka zaya eluphahleni lwendlu. E UmNayile uRitz-Carlton , phakathi komlambo kunye neTahrir Square, abantu ababhinqileyo abazinxibe kakhulu benxibe izambatho ezenziwe ngoboya bakhangela imilebe yabo yemoto kwiimoto zodidi ngaphambi kokunyamalala kumagumbi ehotele. Kodwa kwimivalo, ngaphaya nje kwesikwere esingenanto, bendinokuziva ukungonwabi kwesixeko ngenxa yenguqu ethe nethemba labo labuna kumdumba.
Kwiphulo lam lokufumana amazwi eCairene anokundinika imo yesi sixeko, ndalandela omnye wababhali-mbali ababalaseleyo. UAhdaf Soueif, umbhali weencwadi ezinje Imephu yothando , kunye nomama kaOmar Robert Hamilton, ngugogo doyenne woonobumba base Yiphutha. Ngobusuku boNyaka oMtsha, ngaphambi kokuba iCairo idubuleke ngumsitho wamatheko ezitalato, mna no-Ahdaf sahlala kumoya obandayo otshisayo Iklabhu yezemidlalo yeGezira . Abantwana babebaleka ngathi, besuka kumadama okuqubha ukuya kwiinkundla zentenetya. Singabanikanga ngqalelo, sasela iti kwaye sathetha ngenguquko.
U-Ahdaf, ngoku osele enamashumi amathandathu anamashumi amane eminyaka, enomgqobhozo ogqobhozayo omhlophe obaleka ezinweleni zakhe, ukhumbula ngolwesiHlanu kuJanuwari ka-2011 xa wayezibona ekwivenkile yekofu eMbaba, enye yeendawo ezazingathathi ntweni eCairo. Isixeko sasithandaza. Wabona umfana ohleli yedwa owayehleli ngasemva, ethe cwaka, ngokungathi ulindile. Yathi yakuphela imithandazo, ikwayile ndoda inye eyaphakamisa isikhalo senguquko. Waphakanyiswa emagxeni esihlwele njengoko yayiqala inyoka indlela eya eTahrir Square. U-Ahdaf watshayelwa. Uye wema ngokufutshane kwindlu kamalume wakhe kwaye wayifumana igcwele ngabahlobo kunye nezihlobo. Abatshana bakhe ababini, emva koko beneminyaka engamashumi amabini, bacela ukuhamba naye.
Abafazi abathathu bahamba kunye. Behamba ngaphezulu kwe-6 ka-Okthobha ibhulorho, enqumla umNayile, bazifumana sele betyelwe ziirhasi zinyembezi. U-Ahdaf ukwazile ukukhwelisa abatshana bakhe kwisikhephe. Kuphela kuxa babesemlanjeni apho babenokubona ukuba kwenzeka ntoni emantla, kwiQasr al-Nil Bridge. Babebona ukuwa kolawulo lukaMubarak.
Ikhaya? U-Ahdaf wayetshilo.
Hayi, amantombazana ebephendule ngazwi linye.
Babuyela elunxwemeni kwaye bajoyina uqhankqalazo, baba yinxalenye yento eyabizwa ngokuba ngumhla womsindo.
Yayingumzimba, utshilo u-Ahdaf, wonke umntu ejolise kwinjongo enye. Kwaye xa umntu ethathela ingqalelo ukuba loo moya ungasithatha phi - Uye waqhekeka. Amehlo akhe ayeqaqambile ziintlungu.
IMyuziyam enkulu yase-Egypt I-atrium yeMyuziyam eNkulu yase-Egypt eGiza, ekucwangciselwe ukuba ivulwe ngo-2020 Ityala: USimon Roberts
Abenzi bombhoxo eYiputa Isikolo seMpahla seMpuma eSaqqara sesinye sezona ndawo zibalulekileyo emhlabeni. Le ragi yathatha abantu ababini ukuyenza iminyaka emibini. | Ityala: USimon Roberts