UMTHOMBO WESITHOMBE,EPA

Abavubukuli base-Italy baye bathola izithombe zethusi ezigcinwe kahle ezingu-24 eTuscany okukholelwa ukuthi zasendulo ezikhathini zamaRoma asendulo.

Lezi zithombe zitholwe ngaphansi kwamanxiwa anodaka endlu yokugeza yasendulo e-San Casciano dei Bagni, idolobhana eliphezu kwegquma esifundazweni saseSiena, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-160 (amamayela angu-100) enyakatho yenhloko-dolobha yaseRoma.

Ibonisa uHygieia, u-Apollo nabanye onkulunkulu bamaGreki namaRoma, lezi zibalo kuthiwa zineminyaka engaba ngu-2,300 XNUMX ubudala.

Omunye uchwepheshe uthe okutholakele "kungabhala kabusha umlando".

Iningi lezithombe eziqoshiwe - ezatholwa zicwile ngaphansi kwamagumbi okugeza eduze kwezinhlamvu zemali zethusi, isiliva negolide ezingaba ngu-6,000 - zaqala phakathi kwekhulu lesibili BC kanye nekhulu lokuqala leminyaka AD. Inkathi yaphawula inkathi "yenguquko enkulu eTuscany yasendulo" njengoba indawo isuka e-Etruscan iya ekubuseni kwamaRoma, kusho uMnyango wezamasiko wase-Italy.

UJacopo Tabolli, umsizi kaprofesa waseNyuvesi Yamazwe Angaphandle eSiena ohola ukumba, uphakamise ukuthi lezi zithombe zazicwiliswe emanzini ashisayo ngendlela ethile. “Upha amanzi ngoba unethemba lokuthi amanzi azokubuyisela okuthile,” ephawula.

Lezi zithombe, ezigcinwe emanzini, zizoyiswa endaweni yokusebenzela yokuvuselela e-Grosseto eseduze, ngaphambi kokuba zigcine zibukiswe emnyuziyamu omusha eSan Casciano.

UMassimo Osanna, umqondisi-jikelele wamamnyuziyamu wombuso wase-Italy, uthe ukutholwa bekubaluleke kakhulu kusukela eRiace Bronzes futhi "ngokuqinisekile kungenye yezinto ezitholwe ngethusi ezibaluleke kakhulu ezake zenziwa emlandweni weMedithera yasendulo". I-Riace Bronzes - eyatholwa ngo-1972 - ibonisa amaqhawe amabili asendulo. Kukholakala ukuthi bahlehlela emuva kuma-460-450BC.