Ukhenketho lwehelikopta e-Al-Ula lubonisa ubutyebi belifa le-geological yerhuluneli

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Imihlaba ekhethekileyo ye-AlUla ibonisa amaxesha amathathu ahlukeneyo ejoloji aqala malunga newaka lezigidi zeminyaka.Ngelixa abembi bezinto zakudala kunye neengcali zejoloji banethuba lokubhabha phezu kwe-AlUla njengenxalenye yomsebenzi wabo ukuze baqonde kwaye babhale le mbali, abandwendweli be-AlUla banokuyonwabela ngoku iyantlukwano. izikhumbuzo ze-archaeological kunye nentsingiselo yehlabathi jikelele yenkangeleko yerhuluneli ngokuQhuba ukhenketho lokuqala lwenqwelomoya yokuzonwabisa eBukumkanini.

UDon Boyer, omnye weengcali ze-geologists zokuqala ukuthatha iinqwelo-moya ezisekelwe kuphando ukuya e-AlUla, uthi iindwendwe ziya kuba namava amnandi ebomini babo xa zibona i-AlUla emoyeni.

Ngokusekwe kuphando lwakhe malunga neendawo zejoloji ka-AlUla, uBoyer wathi: “Nangona amatye ezizintlobo-ntlobo zamatye axhaphakileyo, kukho iindawo ezintathu ezingafaniyo-amatye ase-Arabia angaphambi kwe-Cambrian, ilitye lentlabathi elidityaniswe ngokwemvelo phezu kwawo emva koko i-basalt emnyama leyo. eyenziwe ngenxa yogqabhuko-dubulo lwentaba-mlilo - zonke zikwindawo enye, yiyo eyenza iAlUla ibe yokhethekileyo.”

Umbono wengcwaba likaLahyan bin Koza kwindawo ye-Archaeological Al-Hijr e-Al-Ula ukusuka kwinqwelo-ntaka.

UBoyer wongeze wathi: “Ukhukuliseko lomoya kunye nokutshintsha komoya namanzi kudale umjelo wendalo wokuqukuqela onjengomlambo onqumla eAlUla kunye neentlambo ezimelene nayo. Ezi zinto ziqingqe iinduli kwaye zenze imiphetho ejijekileyo ye-basalt kunye nokwakheka kwamatye okunomdla, uya kufumana imibala eyahlukeneyo yokwakheka okwahlukileyo ukusuka kwi-basalt emnyama ukuya kwilitye lesanti elenziwe ngezinto ezininzi. Luhambo olungaqhelekanga lwejoloji oluthatha umoya wakho kwaye luphantse lukwenze ukhale ngochulumanco kunye noloyiko ngamanye amaxesha. "

Amashumi amawaka eendawo ze-archaeological zichongiwe e-Al-Ula kwaye ezimbalwa ziye zaphandwa ngokusondeleyo ngoku. Ixesha eligutyungelwe yi-archeology e-Al-Ula malunga nobuncinci beminyaka eyi-7000 ubudala, kuquka ixesha likaDadan kunye nexesha leNabatean.

UBoyer uthi kuninzi okwenzekayo nakwintlango, nto leyo athi iyamangalisa xa kucaca ukuba akukho bungqina beendawo ekusenokwenzeka ukuba babehlala kuzo aba bantu bamandulo.

UBoyer wongeze wathi: “Imeko esiyibonayo namhlanje iphantse yafana naleyo yabonwa ngabantu balapha kwiminyaka engama-7000 XNUMX eyadlulayo. Uvuyo lokubhabha kule nxalenye yePeninsula yaseArabia - kunokuba, kuthiwa, iindawo zelifa leYurophu - ukuba akukho siphithiphithi. Izithuba zikhulu e-AlUla, kwaye unokuzibona izinto zikwimeko yazo yokuqala kwaye nemeko yokugcinwa intle kakhulu ngokubanzi. ”

Ukukhwela i-helicopter kufumaneka ngexabiso le-750 SAR ngomntu ngamnye kwaye isebenza kabini ngosuku. Uhambo lwemizuzu engama-30 lubandakanya iindawo ezisixhenxe eziphambili ezinomdla ezibandakanya iNtaba yeNdlovu enkulu, eyona ndawo idumileyo yendalo yamatye e-AlUla, eAl Hejr, indawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO kunye nekomkhulu elisezantsi lempucuko yaseNabataean, iHejaz Railway kunye nobunjineli bale mihla. emangalisayo IHolo yeZipili, eyona inkulu Isakhiwo sezibuko esibonisa ihlabathi njengoko simenyezela okwedayimani entlango.

Ukhenketho luya kubandakanya ukubhabha phezu kweJabal Ikma (iThala leeNcwadi eliVulekileyo) kunye neDadan, ikomkhulu lezikumkani zaseDadan naseLehyan kunye nedolophu yakudala yase-Al-Ula, isixeko samandulo esaqala ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX AD, ngaphambi kokubhabha. ubuyele kwilali yaseFarasan