Ua wehe ka poʻe kālaiʻike i loko o Ierusalema i kahi amulet pālolo he "kākaʻikahi loa" e lawe ana i kahi kahakaha ʻAlapia i hiki mai i ka wā Abbasid he 1,000 mau makahiki i hala. Loaʻa i loko o ka pūnaewele ʻo Givati Parking Lot ma ke kūlanakauhale o David, hoʻokahi kenimika ka nui o ka ʻāpana liʻiliʻi (ma lalo o ka hapalua iniha) a loaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi ʻeli ʻana i alakaʻi ʻia e ka Israel Antiquities Authority a me ke Kula Nui ʻo Tel Aviv.
"ʻO ka nui o ka mea, kona ʻano, a me nā huaʻōlelo ma luna e hōʻike ana ua hoʻohana ʻia ia me he amulet no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a me ka pale ʻana," Prof. Yuval Gadot of Tel Aviv University and Dr. Yiftah Shalev of the Israel Antiquities Authority i hōʻike ʻia i he olelo. "No ka mea ʻaʻohe puka o kēia amulet e wili iā ia ma ke aho, hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kahi ʻāpana o nā mea hoʻonaninani a i ʻole hoʻokomo ʻia i kekahi ʻano ipu."
ʻO ka palapala ma ka amulet kahi hoʻomaikaʻi, e like me ka poʻe noiʻi, e heluhelu ana: "Kareem Hilinaʻi iā Allah, ka Haku o nā Honua ʻo Allah." ʻO ka pule pilikino pēlā e maʻa mau ia i ka wā i nā sila a me nā kahakaha alanui i hana ʻia ma ke ala e hele ai nā malihini Muslim i Meka ma waena o ka 8.th a me nā kenekulia 10.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Kauka Nitzan Amitai-Preiss o ke Kulanui Hebera ma Ierusalema i ka The Media Line ʻaʻole hana maʻalahi ke wehewehe ʻana i ka palapala miniskule ma ka sila.
"Ua maʻa wau i ka hana ʻana me nā mea hana liʻiliʻi a me nā palapala," i wehewehe ʻia e Dr. Amitai-Preiss. "ʻO ka pilikia o kēia amulet kikoʻī ʻoiai ʻoiai ua hoʻonui mākou iā ia me kahi kiʻi kiʻekiʻe, ua pau ka hapa o ka kākau. ʻAʻole hiki i nā poʻe āpau ke heluhelu i ka ʻōlelo, keu nō hoʻi kēia i kēia liʻiliʻi. ”
ʻOiai ua loaʻa nā palapala like e pili ana i nā mea ʻē aʻe mai ka manawa like, keu hoʻi nā sila a me nā pōhaku semi-waiwai, ʻano ʻē kēia ʻano pālolo.
"ʻO ia paha ka manawa mua i loaʻa ai iaʻu kahi mea i kēia ʻeli ʻana," i pili ai ʻo Kauka Shalev e pili ana i ka The Media Line, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua manaʻo ʻia ka loaʻa ʻole ma muli o ka palupalu loa (ʻaʻole mālama ʻia nā mea hana o ka pālolo i mau kenekulia).
Ua ʻike ʻia kēia mea i loko o kahi keʻena liʻiliʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waena o ka papahele plaster, me kahi ipukukui Abbasid. Ma muli o ka mālama pono ʻole ʻia o ka hale, ua ʻōlelo nā kānaka hulikoehana he paʻakikī e hoʻoholo i kāna kumu kumu.
"He mea hoihoi e hoʻomaopopo he mau mea hoʻonoho e hōʻike i nā hana kuke i hana ʻia ma aneʻi," wahi a nā kānaka noiʻi. "ʻO nā hale haʻahaʻa mai ka manawa like i loaʻa i nā ʻeli mua ma ka pūnaewele like, me nā hale noho i hoʻopili ʻia me nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale aʻo."
ʻO ka pūnaewele archaeological Givati, ke kiko kiko o nā ʻeli ʻana he nui i nā makahiki he 15 i hala, ke kumu o nā mea i loaʻa mai i ka ʻāpuna nui. Ua kiʻi hou ʻia e nā kānaka ʻimi archeologists kekahi ʻāpana o kahi pā kaua Seleucid i kūkulu ʻia e ke aliʻi Hellenistic Antiochus IV Epiphanes; kahi villa nui mai ka wā Roma; a me nā moni a me nā mea liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe. Ua kālele ʻia ka huakaʻi i kēia manawa i nā wā ma hope a ʻoi aku ka pouli i ka moʻolelo o Ierusalema, e like me kā Dr. Shalev.
Nā ʻike nui e like me ka hanana. i ka makahiki 2009 eTN i hōʻike ʻia e pili ana i ko ʻAigupita luna kiʻekiʻe i wehe i kahi hale kupapaʻu paʻa i ke koena o 30 poʻe noho kahiko.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Loaʻa ʻia ma kahi kahua kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Givati ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo David, ʻo ka ʻāpana liʻiliʻi he hoʻokahi kenimika wale nō ka nui (emi iho i ka hapalua ʻīniha) a ua loaʻa i loko o kahi ʻeli hui i alakaʻi ʻia e ka Israel Antiquities Authority a me Tel Aviv University.
- "No ka mea ʻaʻohe puka o kēia ʻamulet e hoʻopaʻa iā ia ma kahi kaula, hiki iā mākou ke manaʻo ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kahi ʻāpana mea nani a i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kekahi ʻano pahu.
- "ʻO ka nui o ka mea, kona ʻano, a me nā kikokikona ma luna e hōʻike ana ua hoʻohana ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he amulet no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a me ka pale," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Prof.