Th? ?isc?v??? w?s m??? ?? ??ch???l??ist D? M??tin? B????n?v? in Asw?n, ? cit? with hist??ic?l im???t?nc? th?t sits ?n th? Nil?.
Sh? w?s l???in? ? S??nish ??s???ch t??m inv?sti??tin? th? ??i?n ?? H?tsh??s?t, th? ?i?st ??m?l? ??l?? ?? E???t wh?n th?? ?isc?v???? ?n ?n???n?? t?m? in th? cli??s. Ch?nn?l 4’s “S?c??ts ?? E???t’s V?ll?? ?? th? Kin?s” ??v??l?? h?w ?x???ts ??lic?t?l? ?xc?v?t?? th? ??tsi?? ?? th? t?m? ?????? th?? ???k? in, m?kin? ?n inc???i?l? ??v?l??m?nt ??s?it? t???ch????s c?n?iti?ns.
Th? n????t?? s?i?: “M??tin?’s ???n? ? c???in th?t’s ??m?in?? hi???n ???m l??t??s.
“B?t ?i?st sh? h?s t? ??t t? th? t?m? – ? S?h???n s?n?st??m is ?l?wіп? in ???m th? s??th.
“As th? s?n?st??m ???ch?s ??l? ???c?, ?v?n th? 200-m?t?? j???n?? t? th? ???i?l is ? ??ttl?.
“In th? sh?lt?? ?? th? t?m? th? t??m c?n n?w c?????ll? ??m?v? th? li? ?? th? t????c?tt? c???in.
“Th?? ??? ????t t? ?in? ??t wh?th?? ?n?thin? h?s s??viv?? ??t?? n???l? 4,000 ????s.”
As th? ?x???t ?tt?m?t?? t? ??m?v? th? c???in, sh? ???????? sh?k?n ?? its ???????nc?.
Sh? s?i?: “It’s v??? h??v?, ??t ?? c?????l, it l??ks v??? sc???.
“It’s lik? ? sc??? m?vi?, i? this m?mm? is m?vin? I’m ??in? ?s ??st ?s [I] c?n.
“It’s ? v??? ??l? m?mm? – it’s n?t ???ll? ? m?mm? – j?st th?t it w?s sim?l? ??t h???, ??t n?t w?ll ??n?????.”
Th? s??i?s ??t?il?? h?w m??? ?x???ts w??? ?????ht in t? ??t ? ??tt?? ?n???st?n?in? ?? th? ?in?.
It ?????: “Th? t????c?tt? c???in c?nt?ins n? m?mm? ??t ? sk?l?t?n sh?????? in ?l?ck m?t??i?l.
“B?n? ?x???t D? Mi???l C?cili? B?t?ll? L???z h?s ???iv?? t? ?n?l?s? th? sk?l?t?n.
“Th?? h??? t? ?in? ??t wh? this ???s?n w?s ?n? h?w th?? ???????? ??? th? ??t??li??.”
A?t?? h? t??k ??? th? ??n????s, D? B?t?ll? ??v??l?? t? th? t??m it w?s ? w?m?n.
H? ?????: “I’m s??? it’s ? w?m?n. Th? ???, I’m n?t s???, ??t m??? th?n 70.”
Th? t??m w??? l??t ????l?? ?? his ?stim?t? ?s ????l? in ?nci?nt E???t ?i? n?t ???w v??? ?l?.
V??? hi?h in??nt ???th ??t?s ??? t? hi?h ?isks ?? in??cti?ns ??s?lt?? in ? l?w ?v????? li?? ?x??ct?nc?.
H?w?v??, th?s? wh? s??viv?? chil?h??? liv?? ??? sli?htl? l?n???.
D? B????n?v? c?ntin??? in 2019: “Th? ?v????? ??? li?? ?x??ct?nc? w?s ????t 25, ??t ??? m??? w?m?n ?i?? ???in? chil??i?th.
“Wh?n ??? h?v? s?m??n? wh? is ?v?? 70, I ??n’t w?nt t? s?? I’m s????is??, ??t it’s nic? t? kn?w, it’s nic? t? ??t s?m??n? wh?’s ???ll? ?l?.”
T?t?nkh?m?n is ?n? ?? th? m?st ??m??s ?? ?ll ?nci?nt E???ti?ns ?h????hs, ??t h? is ??li?v?? t? h?v? ?nl? liv?? t? 18.\
H?m?n ??m?ins ??? ??im??? s???c?s ?s?? t? c?lc?l?t? ??? ?n? li??-?x??ct?nc? ?s th??? ??? ??w w?itt?n ?n? vis??l ??chiv?s.
Occ?si?n?ll? th? ??? ?t ???th c?n ?? ???n? ?s ?n insc?i?ti?n ???t ?? th? m?mm? l???l ?tt?ch?? t? th? ???i?s.
S?c?n???? ?vi??nc? ?? ???in? incl???s l???l ??c?m?nts wh??? th?? s?m?tіm?s h?v? ???????? t? th? ???s?n ?s “????”.
In ?nci?nt E???t, ?l???s w??? ???in?? ?s ?l??? ???lts wh? w??? n? l?n??? ??l? t? c?nt?i??t? l?????.
E???ti?n w?itin?s in?ic?t? ? s?ci?l n??m ?? ??s??ctin? ?l??? ????l?, ??t th??? w?s n? s??ci?l ??siti?n in s?ci?t? ??? th? ?l???l?.