Ukuba ukhangeka kwinkcubeko yasendulo yamaGrisi, qi niseka ukuba uzame ukutyelela ukuhlala kwe-Amathus kufuphi nomzi waseLimassol eCyprus . Ezi zimbini zihlala zixhomekeke kunye kwaye zisondelelene. Into ehluke ngayo kukuba iLimassol yindawo ekhoyo yokuncedisa abantu abaninzi abavakhenkethi, kwaye i-Amathus yayo idolophu ebizwa ngokuthi "ifile" kwaye ayinomdla nje kuphela kubabhali beembali kunye nabavubukuli, kodwa nakwabaqhelekileyo abahambi. Kulapha ukuba unokuziva ngokupheleleyo umoya wexesha elidlulileyo kwaye uphawule phakathi kweendawo ezibhubhisayo.
Inxalenye ethile yembali
Amanxuwa ase-Amathus eCyprus aphakathi kwezona zinto zigcinwe ngokusemgangathweni. Emva kokuba idolophu yayiyinkokheli yonqulo lweAphrodite kwaye, njengoko izazinzulu zikholelwa, zavela malunga ne-1100 BC. Kukholelwa ukuba umsunguli wayo unguKinir owaziwayo, uyise ka-Adonis, owathi igama lakhe lihlala ngokuhlonipha unina u-Amathus kwaye wakha apha izindlu ezingcwele ngokuhlonipha unkulunkulukazi ongumdala waseGrike. Ukusuka kubahlali unokuva omnye umyalezo: oku kuthiwa kule ndawo, kwingqungquthela engcwele ye-Amathus, uLeusus waphonsa uAriadne wakhe othandekayo, owafa apha ekuzalweni waza wangcwatyelwa kufuphi ne-Aphrodite. Isixeko, esasisuka ngasemva, safumana igama layo ngokuhlonipha i-grove.
Kukholelwa ukuba abemi bokuqala base-Amathus babengamaPelasgians. Ukuhlaliswa kwakhiwe kwidwala elingaselunxwemeni, kwiindawo ezikufuphi kweso sakhiwo sendalo, ngoko ke yayiyindawo ebalulekileyo yokurhweba kunye nolwandle. Abemi balo babathumela ukutya okusanhlamvu, ithusi kunye neyezimvu kwi-Ancient Greece kunye neLevant.
Yintoni i-Amathus ibonakala ngathi namhlanje?
Phakathi kwezinto ezikhangayo ze-Amathus, ekufuneka zihlolwe, siyaqaphela:
- Amangcwaba amnandi athathwe kwi-Iron Age yokuqala (1000-600 BC);
- netempile kaAfrodite;
- Iimarike, ezihlotshwe ngamakholomu eemabula ezihlotshiswe ngomhlobiso wokuvutha;
- acropolis;
- port;
- I-basilica yoBukumkani baseByzantium eneempawu ezibethelelwe ngamatye anqabileyo, kunye nezinye izakhiwo ezifanayo ezivela kumaxesha amaRoma namaRoma;
- inxalenye yedonga ledolophu.
Izintsalela zeendonga zedolophu zenza ukuba abavakhenkethi bangabonakali, njengoko behla ngqo elwandle. Enyanisweni, ngexesha lokuchuma kwe-Amathus oku kwakungenjalo, i-bottom bottom yolwandle yayithatha inxalenye yendawo yokuhlala.
Ndokutyelela njani?
Ukufika esixekweni kulula kakhulu. Ngenxa yokuba abaninzi abahambi bahlala kwiihotele zaseLimassol , ungathatha inombolo yebhasi 30 uze uhambe kwindawo elandelayo emva kweTheku le-Amatus. Abanikazi beemoto eziqashiweyo kufuneka bahambelane ne-embankment, okuya kukuthabatha ngqo kwiindawo zokubhujiswa. Iindleko zokutyelela i-Amathus, ezikufutshane neLimassol, yi-2.5 euro nganye umntu. Ukufikelela kumanxuwa avulekile kwiiyure eziyi-9 ukuya kwezi-17 (ehlobo ukuya ku-19: 30).
Emva kokuya kwi-cashshi, ufika ngokukhawuleza kwisixeko esezantsi, apho iindawo eziseleyo zecandelo lemarike, iibhafu zoluntu kunye nezinye izakhiwo zigcinwa. Ngokukhawuleza ukusuka apha unako ukunyuka izitebhisi ukuya kwi-acropolis, apho, nangona kunjalo, kuncinci kusekho, kuba abemi baseLimassol bevela apha bathabatha amatye ekwakheni amakhaya abo. Nazi iindawo zokuhlala ezikhuselekileyo, kwaye, ukukhuphukela phezulu kwinduli, uza kubona iimbonakalo ezintle ezimangalisayo. Emva kwakho konke, i-Amathus yayisezintabeni zombini, phakathi kwayo ephuma emfuleni.
Hayi, ezininzi iintlobo zendawo yokuhlala yasendulo zathathwa eCyprus. Ngoko ke, isitya esiphezulu se-Lounge, sigcinwe kwiLouvre, kwaye i-sarcophagus ekhangayo kwaye ehlotshisiwe ibonakala kwiNew York City Metropolitan Museum. Kodwa e-acropolis kukho ikhophi ekhangayo ye-vase enkulu ekhankanywe ngasentla, ngoko unokukwazi ukuziva umoya wexesha. Ubude bayo buyi-1,85 m, kwaye ubunzima bufikelela kwiitoni ezingama-14. Ukufuphi kwidolophu yesidolo samandulo ibilisa: izibini ezinesihlabathi ezicocekileyo ziyakhanga abaninzi abathandi be-Mediterranean, kwaye iindawo zokutyela ezininzi, amahotele kunye neeklabhu aziyi kukukhathaza.
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