{"id":74111,"date":"2025-12-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\/politique\/culture-shay-en-ethiopie-traces-dune-population-paienne-2"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:03:50","slug":"culture-shay-en-ethiopie-traces-dune-population-paienne-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\/toutes-les-actualites\/culture-shay-en-ethiopie-traces-dune-population-paienne-2","title":{"rendered":"Culture Shay en \u00c9thiopie Traces D\u2019Une Population Pa\u00efenne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Senegal. <\/strong><\/span>C\u2019est un pan entier de l\u2019histoire e\u0301thiopienne longtemps reste\u0301 dans l\u2019ombre: celui de la culture dite Shay, du nom d\u2019une rivie\u0300re qui traverse les hauts plateaux du centre du pays. Au vu de la taille et de la richesse des se\u0301pultures, celle d\u2019une population puissante. Et rede\u0301couverte il y a vingt-cinq ans lorsqu\u2019on signale a\u0300 Bertrand Poissonnier, arche\u0301ologue franc\u0327ais en mission en E\u0301thiopie, qu\u2019une religieuse aurait eu des visions l\u2019exhortant a\u0300 explorer la \u00ab montagne du diable \u00bb, aurait fouille\u0301 un site, aide\u0301e par des villageois, et serait tombe\u0301e sur&#8230; des \u00ab tre\u0301sors \u00ab.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019arche\u0301ologue se rend dans cette re\u0301gion, le Manz, une zone difficile d\u2019acce\u0300s. \u00ab Rapidement, raconte le chercheur, je me rends compte qu\u2019ils ont e\u0301ventre\u0301 un tumulus [un tertre artificiel, ndlr] sous lequel gisent plusieurs corps portant de nombreux bracelets de me\u0301tal, entoure\u0301s de centaines de perles et de ce\u0301ramiques d\u2019aspect inconnu. \u00bb La forme care\u0301ne\u0301e des ce\u0301ramiques leur vaut le surnom de \u00ab soucoupes volantes \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><b>La trace arche\u0301ologique de cette population finit par se perdre<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Par la suite, une e\u0301quipe e\u0301thio-franc\u0327aise fouille d\u2019autres tumulus dans la re\u0301gion, certains particulie\u0300rement massifs, abritant des chambres fune\u0301raires de 7 me\u0300tres de diame\u0300tre ou\u0300 reposent plusieurs corps, d\u2019hommes, de femmes et d\u2019enfants. Ces structures sont date\u0301es du 10e au 14e sie\u0300cle. Leurs caracte\u0301ristiques en font une exception pour cette e\u0301poque et cette re\u0301gion, ou\u0300 \u00ab l\u2019on n\u2019a pas de grande mosque\u0301e et ou\u0300 les e\u0301glises sont la plupart du temps creuse\u0301es, donc invisibles dans le paysage \u00bb, rappelle Bertrand Poissonnier.<\/p>\n<p>Les chercheurs de\u0301couvrent dans les tombes des objets en ivoire, en or, en argent ou en bronze, et des perles importe\u0301es de Chine ou d\u2019Asie du Sud-Est. \u00ab On n\u2019a pas d\u2019objets semblables dans le monde chre\u0301tien ou musulman de cette e\u0301poque-la\u0300 \u00bb, re\u0301sume l\u2019arche\u0301ologue, pour qui cette population est, au vu de ses se\u0301pultures, pai\u0308enne.<\/p>\n<p>A\u0300 la fin de la pe\u0301riode Shay, les tumulus disparaissent et les tombes deviennent souterraines. Puis la trace arche\u0301ologique de cette population finit par se perdre. De ces personnes, nulle mention n\u2019est faite dans les sources e\u0301crites connues de l\u2019e\u0301poque. \u00ab Ils sont pai\u0308ens, donc invisibilise\u0301s \u00bb, conclut Bertrand Poissonnier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pour plus d&rsquo;informations et d&rsquo;analyses sur la <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Senegal<\/span>, suivez <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Senegal. C\u2019est un pan entier de l\u2019histoire e\u0301thiopienne longtemps reste\u0301 dans l\u2019ombre: celui de la culture dite Shay, du nom d\u2019une rivie\u0300re qui traverse les hauts plateaux du centre du pays. Au vu de la taille et de la richesse des se\u0301pultures, celle d\u2019une population puissante. 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