IColossios yaseMemnon iyingxenye ebalulekile yefa lokwakha laseGibhithe. Izithombe zakhiwe edolobheni laseLuxor ngokuhlonipha uFaro Amenhotep III - uboniswa kubo. Ithempeli lonke lakhiwa lapha, kodwa lawa, futhi izithombe ezimbili ezibabazekayo zinika abavakashi ithuba lokuthinta umlando wamakhulu eminyaka ngokuthatha isithombe sememori. Lezi zithombe zinamamitha angama-20 ukuphakama futhi zinesisindo esingaphezu kwamathani angama-700. Amabhulokhi eSandstone asetshenziswa njengezinto zokwakha.
IColossi yaseMemnon: Umlando
Emakhulwini eminyaka adlule, iColossus yaseMemnon yanikezwa umsebenzi wokuvikela isakhiwo esibaluleke kakhulu - ithempeli lika-Amenhotep III. Kodwa-ke, lesi sakhiwo sakhiwa eduze koMfula iNayile, ukuchitheka kwaso kwasisusa ebusweni bomhlaba. Kulokhu, "onogada" abasindile bethempeli baba yinto eheha kakhulu. Ngokwezinga lenkolo nobuhle, ayikho nendawo eyodwa yokuhlala engcwele yase-Ancient Egypt eyayincintisana nethempeli.
Ngibonga isazi-mlando sakudala uStrabo, izwe lathola ukuthi kungani lezi zithombe zibizwe ngokucula. Imfihlo yonke ukuthi imisebe yelanga eliphumayo ifudumeza umoya, wabe esedabula imbobo enyakatho yeColossus yaseMemnon, ekhipha iculo elimnandi. Kepha ngonyaka ka 27 BC. e. kwaba nokuzamazama komhlaba, ngenxa yalokho ukubhujiswa kwesithombe esenyakatho. Ngemuva kwesikhashana yabuyiselwa ngamaRoma, kepha ayiphindanga yaphinde yenza eminye imisindo.
Ukubaluleka kwezifanekiso
Izinsalela zalezi zithombe zinikeza isizukulwane sanamuhla umbono wezinga lokwakhiwa nezinga lobuchwepheshe besikhathi. Akunakwenzeka ukucabanga ukuthi zingaki izehlakalo ezibalulekile ezenzeka eduze kwabo iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezi-3.
Ukulimala kanzima ebusweni nakwezinye izingxenye zezithombe ezibaziweyo kwenza kube nzima ukubona ukubonakala komunye woFaro abakhulu kakhulu eGibhithe lasendulo. Ezinye izazi-mlando ziyaqiniseka ukuthi umonakalo eColossios yaseMemnon wenziwa enye yamakhosi asePheresiya - iCambyses.
Wayengubani uMemnon?
Ngenkathi kuhlaselwa uTroy, inkosi yaseTopiya uMemnon (indodana ka-Aurora) wasiza. Ngenxa yempi, wabulawa ngu-Achilles. Inganekwane ithi umculo ovela ezithombeni ukukhala kuka-Aurora ngendodana yakhe elahlekile. Sikweluleka futhi ukuthi ubheke imipiramidi yaseGibhithe.
