ʻO nā waiwai o Aegina - nā mea kūʻai kūikawā mai ʻAigupita

Ua ʻike ʻia ka Treasures of Aegina ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Pelekane ma 1892. I ka wā mua, ua manaʻo ʻia ka mea i ʻike ʻia no ka Helene kahiko. I kēlā mau makahiki, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka moʻomeheu Minoan, ʻaʻole i ʻeli ʻia nā mea kahiko ma Crete. Ma hope wale nō o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻano o ka moʻomeheu Minoan i nā makahiki mua o ke kenekulia XNUMX, ua ʻike ʻia ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka waiwai ʻo Aegina a hele mai i ka wā Minoan - mai ka wā aliʻi mua. Ma ka laulā, ʻo kēia ka Bronze Age.

ʻO ka waiwai o Aegina he mau ʻāpana gula i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano e hōʻike ana i ke akamai ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pōhaku hoʻonaninani. ʻOi aku nā apo gula me ka lapis lazuli inlay. ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka ʻenehana inlay, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mea i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻokomo ʻana e like me ka pōhaku. I ka nānā muaʻana, me he mea lā ua hoʻopihaʻia nā pūnaewele o ke apo i kahi mea me nā waiwai o kahi paʻi paʻakikī. Akā ʻaʻole kūpono ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa me nā loea o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Pelekane.

Nā mea nani kū hoʻokahi mai ʻAigupita mai.

ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka lapis lazuli ʻulaʻula me ke kala koʻikoʻi o ke gula kiʻekiʻe e hāʻawi i kahi hopena kiʻi kupaianaha. Me ka hoʻohui ʻana o ke ʻano maʻalahi a pono ʻole o kēia mau apo gula, maopopo mākou e hoʻāla mau lākou i ka makemake i kēia lā.

ʻO ke kumu i kapa ʻia ʻo "" kaulana loa .. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā apo a me nā kūpeʻe lima. I ka wā Helene, kaulana loa ia ma muli o kona manaʻo kilokilo, he mana hoʻōla kona. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo kēia "knot" e like me ke kāʻei a i ʻole ka malo no ka Mōʻīwahine o nā Amazons Hippolyta. E kiʻi ana ʻo Hercules, ʻo kāna hana hope a i ʻole kekahi o nā hana he ʻumikūmālua hope āna e hana ai. Ua lanakila 'o Hercules i ke kā'ei o Queen Hippolyta, a ua lilo kona ola. Mai kēia manawa aku, ʻike ʻia kēia kumu o ka hui ʻana i ka meʻe nui o ka honua kahiko. Aia nō naʻe kekahi kikoʻī liʻiliʻi akā koʻikoʻi loa: ʻoi aku ka nui o ke apo knot i hoʻokahi tausani mau makahiki ma mua o ka moʻolelo o Hercules.