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Enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye- Saudi Arabia kukhona insimbi yasendulo yokwakha izakhiwo - uMadain Salih. Limelela amanxiwa edolobheni laseNabataean likaHegra, okuyinto eminkulungwaneni eyadlulayo eyedlule yayiyiyona ndawo yokuhweba kwezokuhweba. Manje nje kuphela amathuna amaningi namadwala angcwatshwayo afakazela ubukhulu bokuqala bendawo yokuhlala.
Umlando weMadain Salih
Enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye- Saudi Arabia kukhona insimbi yasendulo yokwakha izakhiwo - uMadain Salih. Limelela amanxiwa edolobheni laseNabataean likaHegra, okuyinto eminkulungwaneni eyadlulayo eyedlule yayiyiyona ndawo yokuhweba kwezokuhweba. Manje nje kuphela amathuna amaningi namadwala angcwatshwayo afakazela ubukhulu bokuqala bendawo yokuhlala.
Umlando weMadain Salih
Ukuhamba komuzi waseNabatiya kaHegra kwafika eminyakeni engu-200 BC kanye neminyaka eyi-200 yokuqala yenkathi yethu. Kwakukhona endleleni yezinqola, elandela eGibhithe, i-Asiriya, i-Alexandria neFenike. Ngenxa yemithombo yamanzi amakhulu, ukuvuna okukhululekile nokuzimela ekuthengiseni impepho nezinongo, inqaba uMadain Salih ngokushesha yaba yimizi ecebile kakhulu eMpumalanga.
Ekhulwini le-1 AD kwaba ingxenye yoMbuso WaseRoma, emva kwalokho waqala ukwehla. Ngenkathi yoMbuso Wase-Ottoman, idolobha lahlulwa kancane kancane futhi ngenxa yemimoya nesomiso kwaqala ukuwa.
Ngonyaka ka-2008, uMadin Salih wayengowokuqala kuzo zonke izikhumbuzo zokwakha izakhiwo zaseSaudi Arabia ezizofakwa ohlwini njengeNdawo Yomhlaba We-UNESCO, lapho kubhalwe khona inombolo 1293.
Izikhumbuzo eziyingqayizivele zikaMadain Salih
Ngalokhu abathengisi besikhungo sokuthenga bethenga bevela emakhonkeni ahlukene ezwe, okungabazeki, okwakuthinta ukubonakala kwalo. Manje ukuboleka amasu nezakhiwo zezakhiwo kungatholakala ezindongeni nasezinkambeni zamathuna. Ngamanye, idwala lasendulo lagujwa kusukela ngekhulu le-BC BC, kanye nezindonga eziningi, izakhiwo zokuhlala, amathempeli, imibhoshongo kanye nezakhiwo zokugcina amanzi zazigcinwe eMadain Salikh. Izindonga zezakhiwo eziningi zihlotshiswe izigcawu, ama-reliefs kanye nemidwebo yamadwala ngesikhathi sikaDonabatean.
E-131 ye-necropolis yasendulo ensimini kaMadain Salih eSaudi Arabia, kunezine:
- UJebel al-Mahyar, ehlotshiswe ngezici ezincane zobuso;
- I-Khazar al-Valad, equkethe amathuna angamadoda angu-31 amakhulu;
- I-Almintaqat C, ehlanganisa amathuna angu-19 ngaphandle kwemikhonto;
- I-Jebel al-Hurayat, ebonakala ngobukhulu bayo kanye nenani elikhulu lamathuna.
Ukuhlanganiswa kwezitayela ezahlukene zobuciko, izilimi nokuhlelwa okukhethekile kwenza ukuhlala okuqinisekisiwe kungafani neminye imizi yaleso sikhathi. Akusizo ize uMadain Salih abizwe ngokuthi yi "Capital of Monuments" yaseSaudi Arabia.
Vakashela kuMadain Salih
Ukuze ujwayele wonke amathuna angcwatshwe endaweni yokuhlala yasendulo, kudingeka ube nemvume ekhethekile. Kulokhu, ukuhambela uMadain Salih kulula njengengxenye yamaqembu okuvakasha. Abavakashi abahamba bodwa, udinga ukuxhumana nomqondisi noma ihhovisi lezokuvakasha.
Isikhathi esihle sokumazi uMadin Salih eSaudi Arabia sisuka kuNovemba kuya kuNcwaba, ngoba ngalesi sikhathi ilanga lingasebenzi kakhulu. Ungayeka edolobheni lase-Ula, eduze nalapho kukhona izigodi zesihlabathi ezithakazelisayo.
Ungafika kanjani kuMadain Salih?
Ukuze ubone izakhiwo ezivubukulile, udinga ukushayela enyakatho-ntshonalanga yombuso. Isikhumbuzo seMadain Salih singaphezu kuka-900 km kusukela enhlokodolobha yaseSaudi Arabia esifundazweni sase-El Madina. Idolobha eliseduze nalo i-Al-Ula, elise-30 km ukuya eningizimu-ntshonalanga. Cishe 200-400 km ukusuka kuyo yiMedina, iTabuk , Isikhathi neKhaibar.
Ukusuka eRiyad ukuya eMada'in Salih kuyindlela elula yokuhamba, ehamba ngezinyawo izikhathi ezimbili ngesonto. Izindiza ziqhutshwa izindiza zezindiza eSoudia, Emirates naseGulf Air. Indiza ihlala amahora angu-1.5, futhi ukusuka eMedina - imizuzu engu-45. Isikhumulo sezindiza eliseduze u-Ula. Ukulandela kusukela enqoleni yomgwaqo 375, ungazitholela ekwakhiweni kokuklama emaminithini angu-40.