Mịnịsta na-ahụ maka ọdịbendị nke Egypt mara ọkwa na otu ndị ọkà mmụta ihe ochie nke Egypt sitere na Kansụl Kasị Elu nke Antiquities (SCA) chọtara nke ọma echekwabara nke ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta mmanya limestone nke malitere na oge Byzantine (narị afọ nke isii AD). Egwupụtara ya n'oge a na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara Sayl al-Tuhfah, ọdịda anyanwụ nke ebe obibi ndị mọnk Saint Catherine na Saịnaị.
Dr. Zahi Hawass, odeakwụkwọ ukwu nke SCA, kwuru na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ nwere akụkụ abụọ; nke mbụ bụ basin square nwere mgbapụta n'otu nsọtụ. A na-eji plasta kpuchie ala nke efere ahụ. Akụkụ ụfọdụ ka nwere akara ntụpọ uhie nke mmanya ahụ. A na-eji ụkpụrụ yiri obe chọọ mgbidi dị n'ebe ugwu nke ọdọ mmiri a mma n'ime okirikiri nke dị n'okpuru ya bụ mgbapụta ụrọ. "A na-eji ụdị mgbapụta a mee ka mmanya na-asọpụta mgbe a gwechara mkpụrụ vaịn na ụbọchị," Hawass kwuru.
Farag Fada, onye isi ngalaba Islam na Coptic, nyochara mpaghara ahụ wee kwuo na akụkụ nke abụọ nke ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe bụ efere okirikiri nke yiri olulu mmiri nwere oghere. N'akụkụ abụọ ya, a chọtara mbadamba nkume abụọ ahụ, nke nwere ike ịbụ na ndị ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ na-eji ya guzoro, Fada kwukwara.
Tarek El-Naggar, onye isi ihe ochie nke ndịda Saịnaị, kwuru na ebe a na-ejikọta mgbapụta ụrọ na efere nke abụọ nwere oghere iji tinye ite ndị e ji echekwa mmanya. Nnyocha mbụ gosiri na mpaghara Sayl al-Tuhfah bụ mpaghara mmepụta ihe maka mmepụta mmanya, ebe ọ bụ na e nwere ọtụtụ mkpụrụ vaịn na nkwụ.
N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, e mere nchọpụta ọzọ dị mkpa n'otu ebe ahụ: mkpụrụ ego ọla edo abụọ nke eze ukwu Byzantium bụ Valens (AD 364-378) ka achọpụtara na mpaghara Sayl al-Tuhfah dị na Gebel Abbas, nke dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke ebe obibi ndị mọnk ahụ. A chọtara mkpụrụ ego ndị ahụ n'oge ndị SCA na-egwupụta ihe mgbe niile. Hawass kwuru na mkpụrụ ego ndị ahụ bụ ihe mbụ ahụrụ n'Ijipt bụ nke Emperor Valens.
A na-ahụbu mkpụrụ ego Valens na Lebanọn na Siria, ọ bụghị Ijipt. E gwupụtakwara ihe ndị fọdụrụ na mgbidi ya na iberibe ụrọ, iko na poselin. Fada, kwuru na otu akụkụ nke mkpụrụ ego abụọ ahụ nwere ihe oyiyi nke eze ukwu nke yi okpueze mara mma nke e ji ahịrị abụọ nke pearl chọọ ya mma, na mgbakwunye na uwe ọrụ ya. N'akụkụ nke ọzọ na-egosi eze ukwu na-eyi uwe agha ya, na-ejide mkpanaka nke nwere obe n'aka ekpe ya na bọọlụ nke mmụọ ozi nwere nku dị n'aka nri ya.
El-Naggar kwuru na a pịara mkpụrụ ego abụọ ahụ n'Antiọk (ugbu a Antakya dị na ndịda Turkey). Ihe ndị ọzọ e gwupụtara n’ala na-ekpughe ihe ndị ọzọ ga-eme ka ndị mmadụ mata Saịnaị na akụkọ ihe mere eme ya, karịsịa n’oge ndị Byzantium.
