[blam]

Persian Talibunnies?

[blam]

FYI.

[weegee]

The media and art world are far more silent over the muslim fanatics' attempts to demolish traces of the past (including the Taliban's destruction of the Buddhist statues) than they were when the opportunity came to blame the Bush administration for "looting" of Iraqi museums.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Elamite image search:

Google

[RightWhale]

Vandals is it? You know what they used to do when they caught schoolkids painting grafitti on the school. Of course this isn't just a brick wall on a school, so they will have to get some pros to get the paint off without damaging the art.

[johnny7]

That's what it sounds like to me professor.

[Brad from Tennessee]

This is reminiscent of the Taliban destroying historic Buddhist sites and of the Khmer Rouge and their destruction of ancient objects and sites in Cambodia. The maniacs were preparing to destroy the temples at Angkor Wot when the Vietnamese finally intervened and helped overthrow them. These "vandals" are sponsored by the bearded, turbaned swine in Tehran.

[ZULU]

Exactly.

These people are vandals and iconoclasts - not thieves.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

vertical and horizontal harps which are as large as Mesopotamian harps...

Criminy - them's big harps!

[Ciexyz]

How sad.

[SunkenCiv]

Update:

The ancient sites of Izeh have the dubious distinction of suffering the most damage and the most illegal excavations and smuggling of all Iran's historical sites. In addition, many construction projects, such as constructions of dams and a hotel in the region, are also threatening Izeh's ancient sites. Originally called Ayapir, Izeh is known for its large number of bas-reliefs as the Town of Rocks. It is situated at the middle of the Zagros mountain ranges and has the biggest collection of archeological sites and monuments. The historic site of Eshkaft-e Salman (Salman's Cave) contains four bas-reliefs carved on the mountain, two of which are inside a nearby cave. One of the bas-reliefs depicts a woman beside a man and a priest in a traditional ceremony... Ayapir Cultural Heritage Center is determined to prepare the file of six Elamite bas-reliefs and inscriptions in Kul-Farah, the biggest worship place of ancient Iran during the Elamite period, in the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

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Neo-Elamite inscription of Eshkaft-e Salman in Izeh southwest Iran is the largest one of its kind from the Elamite period ever found in Iran

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Bas-relief on Eshkaf-e Salman depicting a woman beside a man and a priest in a traditional ceremony

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Biggest Ilamite Inscription in Eshkaf-e Salman, Izeh, Khuzestan province

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