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Abembi bezinto zakudala baseItali baye bemba imifanekiso eqingqiweyo engama-24 yobhedu egcinwe kakuhle eTuscany ekukholelwa ukuba yabakho kumaxesha amandulo amaRoma.

Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo ifunyenwe phantsi kwamabhodlo anodaka endlu yokuhlambela yakudala eSan Casciano dei Bagni, idolophu ephezu kwenduli kwiphondo laseSiena, malunga ne-160km (iikhilomitha ezili-100) kumantla ekomkhulu laseRoma.

Ibonisa iHygieia, uApollo kunye nabanye oothixo bamaGrike namaRoma, amanani kuthiwa amalunga nama-2,300 eminyaka ubudala.

Enye ingcali yathi into efunyenweyo “inokubhala kwakhona imbali”.

Uninzi lwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo – eyafunyanwa intywiliselwe ngaphantsi kweebhafu ecaleni kweengqekembe ezimalunga nama-6,000 zobhedu, zesilivere nezegolide – zisusela phakathi kweNkulungwane yesi-2 ngaphambi kweXesha lethu Eliqhelekileyo kunye neNkulungwane yoku-1 AD. Ixesha laphawula ixesha "lotshintsho olukhulu kwiTuscany yakudala" njengoko indawo isuka e-Etruscan ukuya kulawulo lwamaRoma, isebe lenkcubeko yase-Italiya lathi.

UJacopo Tabolli, uprofesa oncedisayo ovela kwiYunivesithi yamazwe angaphandle eSiena okhokela ukumba, ucebise ukuba imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yayintywiliselwe emanzini ashushu ngendlela ethile. Wathi: “Unika amanzi kuba unethemba lokuba amanzi aya kukubuyisela okuthile.

Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo, egcinwe ngamanzi, iya kuthathwa kwilebhu yokubuyisela kwi-Grosseto ekufuphi, ngaphambi kokuba ekugqibeleni iboniswe kwimyuziyam entsha eSan Casciano.

UMassimo Osanna, umlawuli jikelele weemyuziyam zaseburhulumenteni zase-Italiya, uthe ukufunyanwa yeyona nto ibalulekileyo ukusukela kwiRiace Bronzes kwaye "ngokuqinisekileyo yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo zafunyanwa kwimbali yeMeditera yakudala". IRiace Bronzes - eyafunyanwa ngo-1972 - ibonisa isibini samagorha amandulo. Kukholelwa ukuba baqala malunga ne-460-450BC.