Imifanekiso yesethelayithi ikhupha ukukhanya okutsha kwisixeko esingaqondakaliyo esakhiwe kwisiqithi embindini woLwandlekazi iPasifiki.
Abahloli baqala ukufumanisa amabhodlo aseNan Madol phantse kwiminyaka eli-100 eyadlulayo, kwisiqithi sasePohnpei eMicronesia, i Ezizimeleyo ixelwe . Isiqithi simi malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1,600 ukusuka e-Australia, kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-2 500 ukusuka eLos Angeles, eCalifornia.
Abanye babahlali basePohnpei bayala ukuya kufutshane namabhodlo esixeko, bekholelwa ukuba kungeniswa abantu, ngokuka Ezizimeleyo . Umbhali wothusayo Mncediswa Valela U-Lovecraft wada waphefumlelwa ukusuka eNan Madol wasentsomini, isixeko esitshone eR'lyeh kwelinye lamabali akhe amafutshane.
Kutheni le nto umntu eyakha isixeko phakathi elwandle? Umembi wezinto zakudala uPatrick Hunt uthe kwisiqendu esitsha se-What on Earth? bonisa kwiShaneli yeSayensi, exoxa ngemifanekiso yesathelayithi. Kutheni apha, kude kangaka, kuyo nayiphi na enye impucuko eyaziwayo?
Isixeko, esasichuma ukusuka kwi-1200 ukuya kwi-1700, sasakhiwe kwiingqaqa zekorale, kwaye siqhagamshelwe ngothotho lwemijelo. INan Madol yayiyeyona dolophu iphambili kwezopolitiko nakwezenkolo ePolynesia, kwaye abanye balapha babiza la mabhodlo ngokuba yiSoun Nan-leng, okuthetha ukuba uLwandle lwaseZulwini, ngokutsho kwe IPohnpei Bureau yeendwendwe . Amabhodlo aquka amangcwaba, iibhafu kunye neetempile.
Amanxuwa aseNan Madol ePohnpei, eMicronesia Ityala: Imifanekiso kaGetty
INan Madol yenziwe ngama-92 iziqithi isasazeke kwiihektare ezingama-200, Iphephancwadi iSmithsonian ixelwe . Ezinye zeendonga ziphakame ngeenyawo ezingama-25, kwaye ubunzima bebonke bamatye amnyama bufikelela kwiitoni ezingama-750,000 zeetriki, okwenza ukuba kube ngumsebenzi omkhulu kunepiramidi yase-Egypt, ngokwengxelo efanayo.
Ngaphandle kokusebenzisa iipulleys okanye ezinye izixhobo, imfihlakalo iyaqhubeka malunga nokuba isixeko sakhiwa njani.
Asazi ukuba bazisa njani iikholamu apha kwaye asazi ukuba baziphakamise njani ukuze bakhe iindonga. Uninzi lwabantu basePohnpeian banelisekile ukuba basebenzise umlingo ukubaphaphazela, utshilo ugqirha wezinto zakudala wasePohnpei USmithsonian .