UFiliphu II wayeyinkosi esencane yaseMakedoniya eyazalelwa enhlokodolobha yase Pella, wabusa lapho phakathi kuka-359 no-336 BC futhi waphatha ngemuva kwezimpi eziningi ukuba ngumphathi ophelele waseGrisi. Akayena omunye ngaphandle kukababa ka U-Alexander the Great, omunye wamaGriki odume kakhulu futhi ekugcineni owakwazi ukukhulisa izwe njengoba ubaba wakhe ayefuna njalo.
Lapho uPhilip II eshona wangcwatshwa ebuhleni tumba etholakala eduze kweqoqo lamathuna asebukhosini atholakala ngonyaka we-1977 futhi ambiwa ezindundumeni zokwenziwa. I- ithuna likaPhilip II Ingenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu futhi itholakale iphelele, inezinto eziningi nayo yonke imishini yokungcwaba. Lokho okushiwoyo, ingcebo yangempela, futhi impela abavubukuli abaningi babheka ithuna njengomcebo omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni wasendulo kusukela ethuneni le UTutankhamun.
Yiziphi izinto ezitholakele? Yebo, izinto eziningi ze- isiliva nethusi (izibuko, amajeke), izikhali okuphelele ngezigqoko zensimbi, izivikelo zezinsimbi, izivikelo zesifuba, izinkemba, izihlangu, ama-greaves, izinto ezahlukahlukene zegolide, izinsalela zombhede okhuni owenamanani athile egolide nezinyo lendlovu namakhanda amahlanu endlovu angaba ngu-3 cm.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, a i-sarcophagus yemabula enemigodi emibili ngaphakathi. Esinye sasiqukethe umlotha wendoda nomhlobiso womngcwabo owenziwe ngamaqabunga e-oki nange-acorns nangegolide kanti omunye, owenziwe ngegolide, wawunamathambo amaningi omlilo womuntu wesifazane ayembozwe ngendwangu yegolide nokububende, babegqoke umqhele zegolide elihlotshiswe kakhulu nenye ingubo yomngcwabo. Ingabe izinsalela zokuqala zeNkosi uPhilip II? Abavubukuli bacabanga kanjalo.
Nge: Ubuciko Bomlando