Masana kimiyya sun yi nazarin hoton Fayum na wata budurwa tun karni na 2 kuma an adana shi a gidan kayan tarihi na Metropolitan.
Sun lura da ciwon daji a wuyanta kuma sun nuna cewa tabbas yana iya zama ainihin wakilci na goiter - haɓakar glandar thyroid. An ruwaito wannan a cikin labarin da aka buga a cikin Journal of Endocrinological Investigation.
Kimanin kilomita dari kudu maso yammacin birnin Alkahira shine yankin Fayum, dake cikin wani yanayi na damuwa mai fadin kimani murabba'i dubu biyu. Tun kafin zamanin da, mutane sun zauna a cikin teku, amma ci gaban tattalin arziki da al'adu ya fara ne a farkon karni na 2 BC, lokacin da aka gina sabon babban birni a nan karkashin sarakunan daular 12 - birnin Iti-Tawi. Godiya ga magudanan ruwa da madatsun ruwa da aka gina a yankin Fayum, an ba da ruwa mai yawa, wanda ke ba shi damar zama yanki mafi arziki a Masar.
Fayum kuma ya sami bunƙasa a zamanin baya, lokacin da ƙasar ta fara mulkin daular Ptolemaic sannan kuma ta Romawa. Duk da yawancin abubuwan da aka samu a yankin, an san filin jirgin sama da abin da ake kira Fayum. Yawancin lokaci su ne ainihin wakilcin da aka yi a cikin salon Greco-Roman wanda ke rufe fuskokin mummies. Al’adar samar da su ta samo asali ne tun lokacin da baƙi da yawa suka fara zama a Fayum, waɗanda suka ɗauki tsohuwar gogewar Masarawa ta yi wa matattu wuta. Amma a lokaci guda, a kan fuskokin mummies, ba su sanya abin rufe fuska ba, amma hotuna. Waɗannan kayan tarihi sun samo asali ne tun ƙarni na farko AD kuma wasu lokuta ana samun su a wajen Fayum Oasis. Masana kimiyya a halin yanzu sun san kusan hotunan Fayum dubu.
Raffaella Bianucci ta Jami'ar Palermo tare da abokan aikinta daga Australia, Birtaniya da Jamus, sun yi nazari kan hoton Fayum na wata budurwa sanye da filako. Wannan kayan tarihi, mai girman santimita 36.5 x 17.8, an samo shi ne a Masar a farkon karni na 20 kuma an yi kwanan watan AD 120-140. A halin yanzu yana cikin gidan kayan gargajiya na Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Masana kimiyya sun lura cewa ciwon daji yana bayyane a wuyan mace, wanda ba ya kama da "zobba na Venus" - folds masu juyayi a wuyan wuyansa wanda ya bayyana a sakamakon yawan siffofin ilimin lissafi. Haka kuma, a cewar masana, mafi yawan hotunan Fayum na kwatanta mutane da gaske. A cewar masu binciken, mai yiwuwa matar ta sami goiter. A cewar masu binciken, har yanzu ba a sami labarin cutar goiter ba a cikin tsohuwar Masarawa, kodayake akwai yiwuwar cutar ta zama ruwan dare. Bayanin shi ne, duk da yawan rigakafin da aka fara a Masar a cikin 1995, wanda ya ƙunshi ƙara potassium iodide zuwa gishiri (iodization), goitre har yanzu cuta ce mai yaduwa a Fayoum.
Tun da farko dai, an bayyana cewa ana yin tonon sililin a yankin Fayum. Masu bincike na Masar sun gano wani katon wurin binnewa da wasu jana'izar Greco-Roman wadanda, a cikin wasu abubuwa, sun kunshi guntun papyri da mummy tare da hotunan Fayum.
