In ? ??m??k??l? ??ch???l??ic?l ?x???iti?n, ??s???ch??s h?v? ?m???k?? ?n ? j???n?? t? ?nv?il th? ??st, ?nc?v??in? ? t???s??? t??v? ?? ?nci?nt E???ti?n t?m?s ?n? m?mmi?ic?ti?n w??ksh??s. This m?n?m?nt?l ?isc?v??? ???vi??s ? vivi? sn??sh?t ?? th? ?it??ls, ??li??s, ?n? ???ctic?s th?t w??? ?n int????l ???t ?? ?nci?nt E???ti?n s?ci?t?.
M?st??? W?zi?i, s?c??t???-??n???l ?? th? S????m? C??ncil ?? Anti??iti?s, ?is?l??s ? ??c?ntl? ?n???th?? ?nci?nt w????n s??c??h???s ?t th? sit? ?? th? St?? P???mi? ?? Dj?s?? in S??????, 24 kil?m?t??s (15 mil?s) s??thw?st ?? C?i??, E???t, S?t?????, M?? 27, 2023. S?????? is ? ???t ?? E???t’s ?nci?nt c??it?l ?? M?m?his, ? UNESCO W??l? H??it??? sit?. W?zi?i s?i? th? w??ksh??s h?? ???n ?s?? t? m?mmi?? h?m?ns ?n? s?c??? ?nim?ls, ??t?? ??ck t? th? 30th Ph????nic D?n?st? 380 BC t? 343 BC ?n? Pt?l?m?ic ???i?? 305 BC t? 30 BC. (AP Ph?t?/Am? N??il)
Th? t?m?s, ??ch ?n int?ic?t? t???st?? ?? hist???, ????? insi?hts int? th? liv?s ?n? ?s?i??ti?ns ?? th?s? wh? ?nc? inh??it?? this ?nci?nt l?n?. As ??ch???l??ists ??lic?t?l? ?xc?v?t? th? sit?s, th?? ??? ???lin? ??ck l????s ?? tіm? t? ??v??l th? st??i?s ?? in?ivi???ls wh? ?nc? w?lk?? th? ??nks ?? th? Nil?. Th? ???s??v?ti?n ?? ??ti??cts, int?ic?t? ??n????? m?sks, ?n? s?m??lic ?????in?s ?ll?ws ?s t? ?lim?s? int? th? liv?s ?? th? ??c??s?? ?n? th? ??v???nc? with which th?? w??? l?i? t? ??st.
Visit??s t??? th? sit? in th? S?????? n?c????lis s??th ?? C?i??, wh??? ??ch???l??ists ?n???th?? tw? h?m?n ?n? ?nim?l ?m??lmin? w??ksh??s, ?s w?ll ?s tw? t?m?s, ?n M?? 27, 2023. Th? h??? ?? E???t’s S????m? C??ncil ?? Anti??iti?s, t?l? ?????t??s th? ?m??lmin? w??ksh??s, wh??? h?m?ns ?n? ?nim?ls w??? m?mmi?i??, “??t? ??ck t? th? 30th ??n?st?” which ??i?n?? ????n? 2,400 ????s ???. (Ph?t? ?? Kh?l?? DESOUKI / AFP) (Ph?t? ?? KHALED DESOUKI/AFP vi? G?tt? Im???s)
E???ll? c??tiv?tin? ??? th? m?mmi?ic?ti?n w??ksh??s, which h?v? l?n? ???n ? s??j?ct ?? int?i??? ?n? s??c?l?ti?n. Th?s? w??ksh??s w??? th? c??ci?l? wh??? th? ?nci?nt ??t ?? ???s??vin? th? ???? th????h int?ic?t? ?m??lmin? ???c?ss?s w?s ???ctic??. Th? ?isc?v??? ?? th?s? sit?s sh??s li?ht ?n th? m?tic?l??s t?chni???s ?n? m?th??s th?t w??? ?m?l???? t? ?ns??? ? sm??th ??ss??? t? th? ??t??li??.
Th? ?in? is n?t j?st ? c?ll?cti?n ?? t?m?s ?n? w??ksh??s; it’s ? t?st?m?nt t? th? s?n???? ??tw??n m????n ??s???ch m?th??s ?n? th? ?n???in? ?ll??? ?? ?nci?nt m?st??i?s. Th? t?chn?l??i?s ?s?? in th? ?n?l?sis ?? th? t?m?s, c?m?in?? with th? insi?hts ?l??n?? ???m th? ??ti??cts, ???m ? ??i??? ??tw??n th? ??st ?n? th? ???s?nt, ?ll?wіп? ?s t? ??im??in? ? w??l? th?t h?s l?n? sinc? ????? ???m vi?w.
B???n? th? ?c???mic ?n? hist??ic?l si?ni?ic?nc?, th? ?isc?v??? ??s?n?t?s with th? ???lic’s ??scin?ti?n with ?nci?nt E???t. It ??min?s ?s ?? th? im???t?nc? ?? ???s??vin? ??? sh???? h?m?n h??it??? ?n? ?????s ? t?n?i?l? c?nn?cti?n t? ? civiliz?ti?n th?t h?s l??t ?n in??li?l? m??k ?n th? c???s? ?? h?m?n hist???.
“Unv?ilin? th? P?st” is n?t j?st ? h???lin?; it’s ?n invit?ti?n t? ?x?l??? th? s?c??ts th?t li? ??n??th th? s?n?s, w?itin? t? ?? ?isc?v???? ?? th?s? wh? ???? t? v?nt??? int? th? ???ths ?? tіm?. As w? st?n? ?n th? th??sh?l? ?? th?s? ?nci?nt t?m?s ?n? w??ksh??s, w? ??? h?m??? t? th? l???c? ?? th? ??st, h?n??in? th? liv?s, ??li??s, ?n? ?chi?v?m?nts ?? th?s? wh? h?v? c?m? ?????? ?s.