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Tombs of Mede Priests Found in Qom Province
Cultural Heritage News Agency ^ | May 29 2005 | staff

Posted on 07/28/2005 7:54:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

The two discovered tombs apparently date back to the Iron Age. Usually these are filled with ritual offerings buried alongside the dead, but no burial objects or pottery remains, except for two unique bronze bracelets with snake heads at each end on the corpse’s left hands, have been found in the tombs... Animals such as snakes, ants, and scorpions are considered devilish in Zoroastrianism, but in Mithraism which was the faith of the Mede people, snakes were sacred respected animals, therefore the skeletons are believed to be of Mithraist Mede priests.

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1 posted on 07/28/2005 7:54:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 07/28/2005 7:54:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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Tombs of... 'NASA'...Space shuttle....Mede Priests Found in Qom Province....Space Oddessy 2001-5....?

the 'NASA'......Monolith?

3 posted on 07/28/2005 8:14:49 AM PDT by maestro
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Cool news.


4 posted on 07/28/2005 12:45:36 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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5 posted on 11/27/2009 8:18:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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