"Mipumburu yeGungwa Rakafa," chiratidziro chakatora mamiriyoni evanhu pasi rose, chichazarura paDenver Museum of Nature & Science musi waMarch 16. Mutsigiri ari kuuya ndeye Sturm Family Foundation, nerutsigiro rukuru kubva kuna Lorie naHenry Gordon.
Kuratidzwa kwokutanga kwenharaunda iyi mukana kamwe chete muupenyu hwekuona Mipumburu yeGungwa Rakafa yechokwadi, manyoro ekare ane magwaro eBhaibheri ekare anozivikanwa ekare anopfuura makore 2,000 XNUMX. Mipumburu icharatidzwa zvinoshamisa mukati mehombe yekuratidzira ine dzimba dzakanyatsorongedzwa, pamwe neshanduro yakazara yeChirungu.
Pamusoro pezvo, muunganidzwa wakakura kwazvo wezvigadzirwa kubva kuNyika Tsvene zvakambounganidzwa kuti zvionekwe zvinobvumira vashanyi kuongorora tsika, zvitendero uye zvidhori zveIsrael yekare zvinoramba zvichikanganisa tsika dzepasirese nhasi. Mazana ezvinhu anosanganisira zvinyorwa uye zvisimbiso, zvombo, kuvezwa kwematombo, zvidhori zveterra cotta, zvakasara zvezviratidzo zvechitendero, mari, shangu, machira, mosaics, ceramics uye zvishongo.
Chiitiko ichi chinoratidza kusikwa patsva kweWestern Wall kubva kuguta rekare reJerusarema nedombo chairo rematani matatu kubva pamadziro anotendwa kuti akadonha muna 70 BCE. Vaenzi vanogona kusiya zvinyorwa zvavo zvakanyorwa nemaoko neminamato inozotumirwa kuIsrael yoiswa pamadziro. Tsika yekuisa manotsi pakati pematombo yakatanga mazana emakore apfuura.
Mipumburu yeGungwa Rakafa inomiririra chimwe chezvinhu zvinokosha zvakawanikwa pakuchera matongo muzana remakore rechi20. Muna 1947, mufudzi wembudzi wechiBedouin akawira pabako rakavanda pamhenderekedzo yeGungwa Rakafa, pedyo nenzvimbo yaigara yekare yeQumran. Mubako racho makanga makavigwa mipumburu yakanga isati yaonekwa kwemakore 2,000 972. Mushure mekuchera kwakadzama, mipumburu yakachengetedzwa zvinoshamisa XNUMX yakafukunurwa, zvichitungamira kumakumi emakore ekuongororwa kunoshamisa, gakava uye kutya.
“Mukana uyu unoshamisa unounza nzanga yedu kutarisana nemagwaro chaiwo ayo asiri musimboti bedzi wezvimwe zvitendero zvikuru zvenyika asiwo mavambo ebudiriro yokuMadokero,” akadaro George Sparks, Mutungamiriri uye Mukuru mukuru weMuziyemu.
"Sturm Family Foundation inokudzwa kubatsira kuunza zvigadzirwa zvenhaka yenyika kuDenver," akadaro Don Sturm, muvambi weSturm Family Foundation.
"Mipumburu yeGungwa Rakafa" yakarongwa neIsrael Antiquities Authority (IAA).
