Namhlanje sikumema kwikhenketho ye-Knossos, efumaneka kwisiqithi saseKrete . Iminyaka yale ngqamlezo yokwakha ibuyele kwi-XVII leminyaka ngaphambi kokuqala kwexesha lethu, ngamanye amazwi, phantse iminyaka engama-4 000! KuKhotel of Knossos ukuba kukho i-labyrinth eyingqungquthela yeMinotaur, apho mhlawumbi uye wakuva ukubonga kwimininzi yamandulo. Ubutyebi bezo ndawo ziza kugwetywa ngolu hlobo lwesakhiwo kunye nokucandwa kwezinto zakudala ezenziwe kule ndawo. I-Palace yaseKnossos, efumaneka kwisiqithi saseKrethe, iyimangaliso yesibhozo yehlabathi. Kwaye isihloko esinjalo esihloniphekileyo sisetyenziswe kulo mbandela omkhulu kakhulu.
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Ulwazi jikelele
Ngubani owaziyo ukuba yiyiphi imbi yale ndawo namhlanje, ukuba kwakungekho kwimeko eyenza umvubukuli weNgesi u-Arthur Evans ukuba athole ibhotwe. Ngoko ke inkundla yaseKnossos eyayiqhelekileyo ifunyenwe njani kwisiqithi saseKrete? Ingqalelo yomgcini wezinto zakudala yathandwa ngendlala engaqondakaliyo, leyo leyo, ngokucacileyo kwayo, yayifana neziqhekeza zesakhiwo sasendulo. Emva kwenani elitholayo kwindawo eselunxwemeni yaseKefal, kwaqala ukucima okupheleleyo, okwakusasazeka kuye emva kwayo yonke indawo. Kwiminyaka engama-30 yomsebenzi, izazinzulu ekuqaleni zazikholelwa ukuba zicima idolophu yasendulo, kodwa yaba yindwendwe enkulu yeKnossos ye-King Minos. Kwakhona, ngenxa yolu bhengezo, i-culture entsha yafunyanwa, eyayibizwa ngokuba yiMinoan. Ukuqonda ukuba kutheni okokuqala ukwakheka kweNdlunkulu yaseKnossos kwamukelwa kwisixeko sonke, kwanele ukuba sicinge isakhiwo esinommandla we-16 000 square meters!
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Igosa likaKumkani iMinos
Ngethuba lokucima, ezininzi iimfihlo zeNdlunkulu yaseKnossos zafunyanwa, njengeyona nto yayibakho kuyo iMetrootaur. Emva koko, njengoko kwakubonisiwe, isakhiwo sonke sasifana kakhulu ne-labyrrinth multilevel, apho, ngenxa yoko, umntwana ongummangaliso womfazi waseMinos wayehlala. Inqaba yakhiwa ngeenxadi yecala, elilinganisa iikhilomitha ezingama-50x50. Kwakuquka izakhiwo ezithintekayo ezithwele enye enye, kwaye zidibene neekorridi ezide. Uninzi lwezinto eziye zacinywa, eziya ngaphantsi komhlaba, ezivumela ukuba zicinge ukuba zininzi kwamagumbi angaphantsi komhlaba.
KwiNdlunkulu yeKnossos yahlala kunye nabachwephezi, kwaye bayazi. Oku kunokugwetywa ngokuchasene nomhlobiso kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zegumbi. Kwiiwadi zobungangamsha, izinto ezininzi zegolide zafunyanwa, kwaye ezi nxalenye zeNdlunkulu yaseKnossos zazihlotshiswe ngemifanekiso. Nomaphi ababehlala khona, i-tsar no-mfumukazi babonakala ngokuxhamla ngokukhethekileyo. Kwamagumbi asemadongeni aseNdonga yaseKnossos aye ahlangane ngokuqhelekileyo. Iipatheni ezinjalo zihlanganisa zombini izindonga zezakhiwo kunye neentsika. Ubuso emifanekiso bubuthatyathwa kakhulu, kwaye buhluke kakhulu kumnye nomnye, okwenza umntu acinge ukuba abhalwe ebomini.
Le ndawo inomnye ummangaliso - ukungabikho kweefestile ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa ngexesha elifanayo kwiNdlu kaKernossos bekuhlala kukhanya kakhulu, kuba iifestile zatshintshe izixhobo zokukhanya. Ziyimingxuma eluphahleni, ngezinye izihlandlo ezidlulayo kwiindawo eziliqela ukuya kumqolo. Kukholelwa ukuba ngale ndlela abakhi bezakhiwo abanikezeli ukukhanya kuphela, kodwa nabo banomgangatho ophezulu wokungenisa umoya kwindawo. Ukufudumala kwale gumbi elikhulu kwenzelwa ngoncedo lwamaziko amakhulu aphathekayo, ahlala ejikelezwa ngamagumbi. Khawucinge nje, ngaphakathi kwelo bhotwe ngelo xesha kwakungekho nje kuphela ukumkani oza kubuya, kodwa bonke abantu besiqithi saseKrete!
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Ngoko, iphi iindwendwe eziphakamileyo zeKnossos zeKing Minos? Ukuze ufike apha, kufuneka uqhube iikhilomitha ezintlanu ukusuka kwisixeko saseCretan saseHeraklion . Kulo mzi kukho i-airport ye-Nikos Kazantzakis, apho iindiza ezihamba ngqo zihamba.