Mipiramidi yakale ya Igupto yakale ndi yotchuka padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo mosakayikira ndi imodzi mwa zofufuzidwa kwambiri ndi alendo ochokera kunja kwa Africa. Mwachitsanzo, Pyramid Yaikulu ya Giza, imadziwika kuti ndi imodzi mwa Zisanu ndi Zisanu za Zakale Zakale ndipo imakhala imodzi mwa zokopa zazikulu kwambiri zokopa alendo ku Egypt. Poyerekezera, Pyramid ya Meroë ya Sudan siidziwika; komabe, iwo ndi ochepa kwambiri, ochulukirapo komanso odzala mbiri yakale.
Mzindawu uli pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 100/100 kumpoto kwa Khartoum pafupi ndi mtsinjewu wa Mtsinje wa Nile , Meroë uli ndi mapiramidi pafupifupi 200. Zomwe zimapangidwa kuchokera kumtunda waukulu wa mchenga wa Nubian, mapiramidi amawoneka mosiyana kwambiri ndi anzawo a ku Aigupto, okhala ndi zigawo zing'onozing'ono komanso zowonjezereka. Komabe, anamangidwira cholinga chomwecho - kukhala malo oika maliro ndi ndondomeko ya mphamvu, pa nkhaniyi kwa mafumu ndi mabwana a Ufumu wa kale wa Meroitic.
Mbiri Yosangalatsa
Zaka 2,700 ndi 2,300 zapitazo, Pyramids ya Meroë ndizolembedwa za Ufumu wa Meroitic, womwe umadziwikanso kuti Ufumu wa Kush. Mafumu ndi abambo a nthawi imeneyi analamulira pakati pa 800 BC ndi 350 AD, ndipo adayendayenda kudera lalikulu lomwe linaphatikizapo mbali yaikulu ya mtsinje wa Nile ndipo anafika kum'mwera monga Khartoum. Panthawiyi, mzinda wakale wa Meroë unali ngati mbali ya kum'mwera ya boma ndipo kenako inali likulu lake.
Chokulirapo kwambiri ku Meroë Pyramids chimayambiriridwa ndi iwo a ku Igupto zaka pafupifupi 2,000, ndipo motere amavomereza kuti kale anali odzozedwa ndi omaliza. Inde, chikhalidwe choyambirira cha Meroititi chinakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi a ku Igupto wakale, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti akatswiri a ku Egypt adatumidwa kuti athandize kumanga mapiramidi ku Meroë.
Komabe, kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa mapiramidi kumalo onsewa kumasonyeza kuti a ku Nubiya adakhalanso ndi kalembedwe pawokha.
Mapiramidi Masiku Ano
Ngakhale zojambula zojambula mkati mwa mapiramidi zikuwonetsa kuti mafumu a Meroiti amatha kuikidwa m'manda ndikuikidwa m'manda pamodzi ndi chuma chamtengo wapatali kuphatikizapo miyala yamtengo wapatali, zida, mipando ndi potengera, mapiramidi ku Meroë alibe zobvala zotere. Chuma chachikulu cha manda chinali chofunkhidwa ndi achifwamba akale, pamene akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale ndi akatswiri ofufuza zaka za m'ma 1900 ndi 2000 anachotsa zomwe zinatsala m'mayesero osiyanasiyana.
Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, wofufuzira wina wa ku Italy komanso woyang'anira wotchedwa Giuseppe Ferlini anawononga kuwonongeka kwa mapiramidi m'chaka cha 1834. Atamva za kudula kwa siliva ndi golidi adakalibebe kubisala m'manda ena, iye anagwiritsa ntchito mabomba kuti auluke pamwamba mapiramidi, ndi kuyesa ena pansi. Zonsezi, zikuganiziridwa kuti adawononga ma pyramid oposa 40, kenako anagulitsa zomwe anapeza ku museums ku Germany.
Ngakhale kuti sakhala osamala, mapiramidi ambiri a Meroë adakalibe, ngakhale kuti ena amaoneka ngati akutsatira chifukwa cha khama la Ferlini.
Ena amangidwanso, ndipo amapereka chitsimikizo chokwanira momwe iwo ayenera kuti adayang'ana pa nthawi ya ulamuliro wa Meroiti.
Momwe Mungapezere Kumeneko
Ngakhale kuti Pyramids ya Meroë imakhala bwino kwambiri pamtunda womenyedwa, ndizotheka kuwachezera nokha. Anthu omwe ali ndi galimoto amatha kupita kumeneko kuchokera ku Khartoum, ulendo umatenga pafupifupi maola 3.5. Zomwe zimadalira pa zoyendetsa zamagalimoto zimatha kupeza ululu wovuta, komabe. Njira yodalirika yokonzekera ulendo ndikutengera basi kuchokera ku Khartoum kupita ku tawuni yaing'ono ya Shendi, kenako pangani teksi kwa makilomita 47/30 kuti mukakhale ku Meroë.
Ovomerezeka, alendo akuyenera kupeza chilolezo choyendera mapiramidi, omwe angagulidwe ku National Museum ku Khartoum. Komabe, mauthenga achilendo ochokera kwa apaulendo ena amanena kuti zilolezo sizipezeka kawirikawiri, ndipo zimagulidwa pakudza ngati kuli kofunikira.
Palibe mahoitesi kapena zipinda, choncho onetsetsani kuti mubweretse chakudya ndi madzi ambiri. Mwinanso, oyendetsa maulendo angapo amapanga moyo mosavuta powapatsa maulendo okonzedwa bwino omwe akuphatikizapo kuyendera Meroë Pyramids. Njira zoyendetsera ntchito zikuphatikizapo ulendo wa Encounters Travel wa Hidden Treasures; ndi Meroë Travel a Corinthian & The Pharaohs of Kush ulendo.
Kukhalabe Otetezeka
Kuyenda ndi akatswiri oyendayenda ndi njira yabwino yopezera chitetezo chanu. Pa nthawi ya kulembedwa (January 2018), mkhalidwe wa ndale ku Sudan umapangitsa malo a dziko kukhala osatetezeka paulendo wokaona malo. Dipatimenti ya boma la United States yatulutsa uphungu wa maulendo 3 paulendo chifukwa cha ugawenga ndi nkhanza zapachiweniweni, ndipo amalimbikitsa kuti oyendayenda asamalowe dera la Darfur ndi Blue Nile ndi Southern Kordofan. Ngakhale kuti mapiramidi a Meroë ali mumtunda wotetezeka wa Mtsinje wa Nile, ndibwino kuyang'ana machenjezo atsopano musanakonze ulendo wopita ku Sudan.
Nkhaniyi idasinthidwa ndi kulembedwa kachiwiri ndi Jessica Macdonald pa January 11, 2018.