Mabhokisi mana ematanda anthropoid, zvirongo zvitatu zvemapuranga, uye mabhokisi mana ewashabti zvakafukunurwa mukati memugodhi usingazivikanwi uri kuchamhembe kweguva reRamesside reTa muDahshur Necropolis, kumaodzanyemba kweGiza. Gurukota rezvetsika reEgypt, Farouk Hosni, akazivisa kuti kuwanikwa uku kwakaitwa nemutumwa wekuJapan kubva kuInstitute of Egyptology paWaseda University.
Dr. Zahi Hawass, munyori mukuru weSupreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), akataura kuti kunyange zvazvo aya mabhokisi asisina chinhu iye zvino, nokuda kwokupambwa nevanopaza makuva ekare, zvinhu zvawo zvapakuvamba zvinoramba zvakadaro.
Hawass akawedzera kuti kudzidza kwekutanga kwemabhokisi aya kunoatevera kumashure kunguva yeRamesside kana Nguva yekupedzisira. Iwo mabhokisi akakamurwa kuita maviri seti, anodzidzisa anosanganisira akawanda mabhokisi akafukidzwa mutema resin uye akashongedzwa nemavara yeyero. Maseti maviri aya ndeevaIjipita vaviri vasingazivikanwe vekare vanoti Tutpashu neIriseraa.
Dr. Sakuji Yoshemura, mukuru wemishoni yeJapan, akataura kuti seti yekutanga ine mifananidzo yemuridzi wayo uye vamwari vakasiyana-siyana veEgipita vekare, nepo imwe yacho isina kunyatso kurongeka uye iri nyore. Mazita evaviri ava akanyorwa pazvirongo zvecanopic uye mabhokisi ewashabti, ane angangoita makumi matatu nemasere akaputsika mifananidzo yemapuranga.
Yoshimura akataura kuti zvinhu zvese zvakabviswa mugomba kuenda kumagaraji esaiti kuti zvigadziriswe nekukurumidza.
Mishoni yeYunivhesiti yeWaseda yekuJapan yakafukunura makuva anoverengeka, mabhokisi, makavigwa, uye zviumbwa kubvira zvakatanga kucherwa munzvimbo iyi makore 15 apfuura. Zvimwe zvezvinhu izvi zvinogona kuonekwa pari zvino pakushanya muJapan, mune imwe shoo yekupemberera Waseda University's 40th gore rebasa rekuchera matongo muEgypt.
Dahshur iri kumucheto kwekumaodzanyemba kweMemphis necropolis iyo inotambarara pamusoro pemakiromita makumi matatu kuchamhembe kusvika kumaodzanyemba kubva kunzvimbo dzekare dzeAbu Rawash, Giza kuenda kuZawiyet el Aryan, Abusir, Sakkara neSouth Sakkara. Memphis yakaumbwa pakupera kweDzinasty zero kana kutanga kweKutanga Dynasty. Rakanga riri guta guru reEgypt zvirinani, kubvira kutanga kweChipiri Dynasty kusvika kuEighth Dynasty.
Anenge makore mashoma apfuura, mbavha dzemakuva ekare dzakabatwa nechisimba nevakuru, zvichivatungamira kune zvisaririra zvekare zvisina kumbobvira zvafungidzirwa kuti zvaiveko munzvimbo iyi. Makororo emakuva akatanga kuchera kwawo humwe husiku hwechirimo asi akabatwa nemapurisa. Vasingazive nezvekuchera kwavo, vakabatsira zviremera kufumura yekutanga necropolis yakambowanikwa yakatsaurirwa "mhuri yehumambo" vanachiremba vemazino vaMambo E Emery weKutanga Dynasty.
Kubira mumakuva kwatekeshera munzvimbo yakapoteredza Memphis necropolis, iyo Hawass yakati yangoburitsa chikamu che30 muzana cheupfumi hwese hwekare huchakavigwa. Neraki (zvinosuruvarisa), avo vanopamba makuva ekare vanongotora pfuma yakakosha, inodhura uye vanosiya makuva emakuva, sarcophagus, mabhokisi, mummies uye zvisaririra nekuti havagone kutengesa zvinhu zvakadaro pamusika mutema.
