(eTN) - Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General weSupreme Council yeAntiquities (SCA) akazivisa svondo rapfuura mamishinari eRussia neAmerican ekuchera matongo akafukunura mamamu mazhinji akachengetedzwa zvakanaka eGraeco-Roman akafukidzwa mumakatoni. Vakagadzira izvi panguva yebasa rekuchera kuDeir el-Banat necropolis muFayoum.
Hawass akawedzera mishoni yakafukunura mabhokisi matatu akashongedzwa nezvinyorwa zvechitendero kubva muBhuku revakafa. Mumwe mummy mune yakaipa mamiriro ekuchengetedza akawanikwa mune rimwe remabhokisi aya. Kumeso kwake kwaive kwakafukidzwa nemask yakashongedzwa. Zvishongo, zvishongo, uye makumi mana emachira ezvimedu zvakashongedzwa neankch, yakayambuka nezvimwe zviratidzo zvakakosha, zvakawanikwa zvakare.
Galina Belova, director webasa reRussia, akati kumutsiridza kumeso kuchaitwa pamukadzi mummy mwaka unotevera. Akatsanangura kudzoreredzwa kweiyo zvedongo uye faience ngarava dzakafukunurwa mumwaka wapfuura dzakatopedzwa.
Panzvimbo pemummies, Fayoum inogona kuzivikanwa zvakanyanya nenhoroondo yayo yechitendero. Misha iri muFayoum inotsigira zvakambowanikwa pamusoro pekutambudzwa kwevaRoma nemaKristu muEgypt. Zvisaririra zvekuchera matongo kubva mukutambudzwa uku hazvizivikanwi asi zvinoratidzwa. Coptic Christian michinjikwa kubva panguva ino inogona kuwanikwa mumapako muFayoum, iwo akafanana anoyambuka vashanyi anowanikwa mumakuva epharaonic muLuxor, uye temberi yeDendera pedyo neQena. Idzi nzvimbo sezvingabvira dzakabatira senzvimbo dzokuvanda nokuda kwamaKristu mukati mokutambudzwa kweRoma.
Iyo nguva iri pakati pegore 200 nedare reChalcedon (451) yaive nguva yekubudirira kweCoptic Orthodox Church. Zvisinei nekutambudzwa kwemaRoma nevaKristu kereke yakaramba ichikura. Kutambudzwa kwakanyanya panguva yekutonga kwamambo Diocletian (284-311). Hukuru hwekutambudzwa kwevaKristu muEjipitori hwaive hwakakura kupfuura dzimwe nyika nekuda kwehukuru hwenzanga yevaKristu muEgypt. Chechi inoziva vasande vakati wandei kubva kumazuva iwayo vakaita saMenas naDimyana. Kutambudzwa uku kwakabata pfungwa dzakadzama pakereke zvekuti Chechi yeCoptic Orthodox yakasarudza kutanga nguva yayo mugore ra284. Gore AD 2000 saka nderevaCopt, iro gore 1717 AM (anno martyrum).
Sezvineiwo, machechi ekaresa pasi nematongo emakereke muEjipitori anotangira muzana ramakore rechina havasisiri kuvaka nzvimbo yavo panzvimbo ino - kana zvisiri zvekubatana. Nhasi, imwe yenyaya dzinowanzomutswa kunetsekana kuvaka machechi muFayoum. Baba Dr Rufa'il Samy vemumusha weTamiya muFayoum vakaratidza zviitiko zvikuru zvekuvaka mumusha wavo, vachichinja kereke yemumusha yakavakwa muna 1902 ikava kereke huru. Kereke yekare yakayera gumi nemana nematanhatu emamita, kereke nyowani makumi mana nemapfumbamwe nemakumi matatu nemana. Kereke yekare yaive neshongwe yemamita gumi nemaviri kukwirira. Kereke nyowani ine shongwe yemamita 14 kukwirira. Izvo zviitiko zvekuvaka zviri pamutemo zviri pamutemo pachisungo chemutungamiri wenyika cha16 icho chakawanikwa mumwedzi mishoma chete nguva. Iko hakuna kupokana kunozivikanwa kwechivakwa kubva kuvanhu vechiMuslim. Mupristi akaburitsa chakavanzika: kuvaka hukama hwakanaka nevanhu vemo vechiMuslim nezviremera.
Kune misha nemaguta uko maKristu anowana matambudziko nekuvaka, kumutsiridza kana kugadzirisa machechi asi isu kune misha isina matambudziko akadaro.
MuFayoum, machechi matsva akavakwa, nerubatsiro rwehukama hune simba, uye mammies matsva akawanikwa anogona kusaisa musha ipapo pamepu yekushanya yeEjipitori. Nekudaro, vashoma vashanyi vakaneta nerwendo rwetsika vangangoda kuona chimwe chakasiyana munzvimbo isingazivikanwe yekumaruwa.
