ʻO nā huakaʻi helikopter ma Al-Ula e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina honua waiwai o ke kiaʻāina

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Hōʻike nā ʻāina kūʻokoʻa o AlUla i ʻekolu mau wā hoʻokalakupua ʻokoʻa e pili ana i hoʻokahi kaukani miliona mau makahiki. ʻOiai ua loaʻa i ka poʻe kālaihonua a me nā mea hulihonua ka manawa e lele ai ma luna o AlUla ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou hana e hoʻomaopopo a kākau i kēia moʻolelo, hiki i ka poʻe kipa i AlUla ke hauʻoli i ka ʻokoʻa nā monuments archaeological a me ke koʻikoʻi o ke ao holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻāina o ke kiaʻāina ma o ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā huakaʻi helikopa leʻaleʻa mua ma ke Aupuni.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Don Boyer, kekahi o nā mea kālaihonua mua e lawe i nā huakaʻi helicopter ma muli o ka noiʻi ʻana i AlUla, e loaʻa ana i nā malihini nā ʻike hoihoi loa o ko lākou ola ke ʻike iā AlUla mai ka lewa.

Ma muli o kāna noiʻi ʻana i ka topography geological o AlUla, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Boyer: "ʻOiai he mau ʻano pōhaku maʻamau nā pōhaku, aia ʻekolu mau ʻāina ʻokoʻa loa - nā pōhaku mua-Cambrian Arabian, pōhaku one i hoʻohui maoli ʻia ma luna o lākou a laila ka basalt ʻeleʻele. i hana ʻia mai nā pele pele - ma kahi hoʻokahi, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻohiwahiwa ai iā AlUla.

ʻO ka ʻike o ka hale kupapaʻu o Lahyan bin Koza ma ke kahua archaeological o Al-Hijr ma Al-Ula mai kahi helikopter.

Ua hoʻohui hou ʻo Boyer: “Ua hana ʻia ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana o ka lewa a me nā loli i ka makani a me ka wai i kahi ʻauwai kūlohelohe e like me ka wadi e holo ana ma AlUla a me nā awāwa pali e pili ana. Ua kālai ʻia kēia mau mea i nā puʻu a ua hana ʻia nā ʻaoʻao ʻāʻī o ka basalt a me nā ʻano pōhaku hoihoi, e ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻano kala like ʻole mai ka basalt ʻeleʻele a hiki i ka pōhaku ʻeleʻele. He huakaʻi geologic kupaianaha kēia e hoʻopau i kou hanu a aneane e uē ʻoe me ka hauʻoli a me ka hopohopo i kekahi manawa. "

Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻumi kaukani o nā wahi archaeological ma Al-Ula a he kakaikahi ka mea i noiʻi ʻia a hiki i kēia manawa. ʻO ka manawa i uhi ʻia e ka archeology ma Al-Ula ma kahi o 7000 mau makahiki, me ka wā Dadan a me ka wā Nabatean.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Boyer, ua maopopo ka nui o nā mea e hana nei ma ka ʻāina wao nahele, kahi āna i ʻōlelo ai he mea kupaianaha no ka nele o nā hōʻike o nā noho kahi i noho ai kēia poʻe kahiko.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Boyer: "ʻO ka ʻāina a mākou e ʻike nei i kēia lā ua like a like paha me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe ma ʻaneʻi i 7000 mau makahiki i hala. ʻO ka hauʻoli o ka lele ʻana ma luna o kēia ʻāpana o ka Peninsula Arabian - ma mua o nā wahi hoʻoilina o ʻEulopa - ʻaʻohe haunaele. Nui nā ākea ma AlUla, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā mea i ko lākou kūlana mua a maikaʻi loa ke kūlana o ka mālama ʻana ma ka laulā.

Loaʻa nā holo helikopa ma ke kumukūʻai o 750 SAR no kēlā me kēia kanaka a hana ʻelua i ka lā. ʻO ka huakaʻi he 30 mau minuke ka uhi ʻana i ʻehiku mau wahi hoihoi e pili ana i ka Elephant Mountain nui, ke kahua pōhaku kūlohelohe maoli kaulana loa ma AlUla, Al Hejr, kahi UNESCO World Heritage Site a me ke kapikala hema o ka civilization Nabataean, ka Hejaz Railway a me ka ʻenehana hou. ʻO Hale Hōʻikeʻike kamahaʻo, ka hale nui loa o nā aniani e hōʻike ana i ka honua e like me nā daimana i ka wao nahele.

E komo pū ana ka huakaʻi i ka lele ʻana ma luna o Jabal Ikma (The Open Library) a me Dadan, ke kapikala o nā aupuni o Dadan a me Lehyan a me ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o Al-Ula, kahi kūlanakauhale medieval mai ka XNUMXth century AD, ma mua o ka lele ʻana. hoʻi i ke kauhale o Farasan