KUMU KI'I,EPA

Ua ʻeli ka poʻe kālaihonua ʻItalia i 24 mau kiʻi keleawe i mālama ʻia ma Tuscany i manaʻo ʻia mai ka wā kahiko o Roma.

Ua ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi ma lalo o ka lepo lepo o kahi hale ʻauʻau kahiko ma San Casciano dei Bagni, kahi kūlanakauhale puʻu ma ka moku ʻo Siena, ma kahi o 160km (100 mau mile) ma ka ʻākau o ke kapikala ʻo Roma.

E hōʻike ana iā Hygieia, Apollo a me nā akua Helene-Roma ʻē aʻe, ʻōlelo ʻia nā kiʻi ma kahi o 2,300 mau makahiki.

Ua ʻōlelo kekahi loea e hiki ke "kākau hou i ka mōʻaukala".

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kiʻi - i ʻike ʻia ma lalo o ka ʻauʻau ma ka ʻaoʻao o 6,000 keleawe, kālā a me ke kālā gula - mai ka 2nd Century BC a me ka 1st Century AD. Ua hōʻailona ka au i kahi manawa o ka "hoʻololi nui i Tuscany kahiko" i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka wahi mai Etruscan a hiki i ke aupuni Roma, wahi a ka ʻoihana moʻomeheu Italia.

ʻO Jacopo Tabolli, he loea kōkua mai ke Kulanui no nā haole ma Siena nāna e alakaʻi i ka ʻeli, ua manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kiʻi i loko o ka wai wela ma kahi ʻano kuʻuna. "Hawi ʻoe i ka wai no ka mea ke manaʻo nei ʻoe e hāʻawi hou ka wai i kekahi mea iā ʻoe," i ʻike ai ʻo ia.

ʻO nā kiʻi, i mālama ʻia e ka wai, e lawe ʻia i kahi keʻena hoʻihoʻi hou ma Grosseto kokoke, ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i kahi hale hōʻikeʻike hou ma San Casciano.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Massimo Osanna, ka luna nui o nā hale moʻomeheu mokuʻāina o Italia, ʻo ia ka mea nui loa mai ka Riace Bronzes a "ʻoiaʻiʻo kekahi o nā mea keleawe nui loa i loaʻa i ka mōʻaukala o ka Mediterranean kahiko". ʻO ka Riace Bronzes - i ʻike ʻia i ka makahiki 1972 - e hōʻike ana i ʻelua mau koa kahiko. Ua manaʻo ʻia lākou mai ka makahiki 460-450BC.