Ua aʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema i kahi kiʻi Fayum o kahi wahine ʻōpio e pili ana i ke kenekulia 2nd a mālama ʻia ma ka Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ua ʻike lākou i kahi maʻi maʻi ma kona ʻāʻī a manaʻo lākou he hōʻike maoli paha ia o ka goiter - he hoʻonui ʻia o ka thyroid gland. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia ma kahi ʻatikala i paʻi ʻia ma ka Journal of Endocrinological Investigation.
Ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli mau kilomita ma ke komohana hema o Cairo ka Fayum oasis, aia i loko o kahi puʻuwai kūlohelohe me kahi ʻāpana o ʻelua kaukani kilomika square. Ua noho ka poʻe i ka oasis mai ka wā prehistoric, akā ua hoʻomaka kona hoʻomohala waiwai a me ka moʻomeheu i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka 2nd millennium BC, i ka wā i kūkulu ʻia ai kahi kapikala hou ma lalo o nā mōʻī o ka 12th dynasty - ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Iti-Tawi. Mahalo i ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā kahawai a me nā dams i ka Fayum oasis, ua hoʻoulu ʻia kahi wahi nui, kahi e hiki ai ke lilo i ʻāina waiwai loa o ʻAigupita.
Ua ulu ka Fayum i nā manawa ma hope, i ka wā i noho aliʻi mua ʻia ai ka ʻāina e ka mōʻī Ptolemaic a laila e nā Roma. ʻOiai ka nui o nā mea i loaʻa ma ia wahi, ua ʻike ʻia ka oasis ma luna o nā mea āpau no nā kiʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Fayum. He mau hiʻohiʻona maoli lākou i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano Greco-Roman e uhi ana i nā maka o nā mummies. ʻO ka moʻomeheu o kā lākou hana ʻana mai ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai ka nui o nā haole e noho ma Fayum, ka mea i lawe i ka ʻike kahiko o ʻAigupita i ka embalming i nā mea make. Akā i ka manawa like, ma nā maka o nā mummies, ʻaʻole lākou i kau i nā masks voluminous, akā nā kiʻi. Hoʻomaka kēia mau mea kiʻi i nā kenekulia mua AD a loaʻa i kekahi manawa ma waho o ka Fayum Oasis. ʻIke nā kānaka ʻepekema i kēia manawa e pili ana i hoʻokahi tausani kiʻi Fayum.
Ua aʻo ʻo Raffaella Bianucci o ke Kulanui o Palermo, me nā hoa hana mai Australia, Beretania a me Kelemānia, i kahi kiʻi Fayum o kahi wahine ʻōpio e ʻaʻahu ana i ka lei gula. Ua kiʻi ʻia kēia mea kiʻi kiʻi, nona ka 36.5 x 17.8 kenimika, ma ʻAigupita i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20 a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 120-140 AD. Aia ia i kēia manawa ma ka Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe ʻepekema ʻike maopopo ʻia kahi maʻi maʻi ma ka ʻāʻī o ka wahine, ʻaʻole like me nā "rings of Venus" - nā ʻāpana transverse ma ka ʻāʻī e ʻike ʻia ma muli o ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona physiological. Ma ka manawa like, e like me ka poʻe ʻepekema, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kiʻi Fayum e hōʻike maoli i nā kānaka. Wahi a ka poʻe noiʻi, he goiter paha ka wahine. Wahi a ka poʻe noiʻi, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā hihia mua o ka goiter i waena o ko ʻAigupita kahiko, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ka maʻi. ʻO ka wehewehe ʻana, ʻoiai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pale nui ma ʻAigupita i ka makahiki 1995, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka potassium iodide i ka paʻakai papaʻaina (iodization), ʻo ka goitre kahi maʻi endemic ma Fayoum.
Ma mua, ua maopopo ka hana ʻana i nā ʻeli ʻana ma ka oasis Fayum. Ua ʻike ka poʻe noiʻi o ʻAigupita i kahi hale kanu nui a me kekahi mau hale kupapaʻu Greco-Roma, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, aia nā papyri a me nā ʻāpana mummy me nā kiʻi Fayum.
