Posted on 05/22/2022 9:55:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists said on Saturday they had discovered what was believed to be the tomb of a Seleucid satrap or general in Hamedan, providing an extraordinary insight into the Hellenistic life in west-central Iran.
According to the senior archaeologist Mohsen Khanjan, who leads the excavation, they have discovered a tomb, which is probably the burial place of one of the satraps, ILNA reported.
The discovery is made in Tepe Naqarechi near what archaeologists have long been tracing to unearth the Seleucid Laodicea Temple under the modern town of Nahavand in Hamedan province...
Over the past couple of years, Khanjan has led several archaeological seasons to possibly unearth the Laodicea Temple believed to be placed beneath the Dokhaharan’s sanctuary.
According to him, in addition to a Greek inscription, other significant objects such as bronze statues of Greek gods, a stone altar, column head, column shaft, column base, and pottery pieces had been discovered in the Dokhaharan neighborhood...
In 1943, archaeologists discovered an 85x36 centimeter ancient inscription of 30 lines written in Greek calling on the people of Nahavand to obey the laws of the government. The inscription indicated the existence of the Laodicea Temple, which had been built by the Seleucid king who ruled Asia Minor, Antiochus III the Great (223-187 BC), for his wife Queen Laodicea.
Two of the inscriptions as well as four bronze statuettes, unearthed at the site, are on display in the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran. And, column capitals and bases are currently being used as decorations in Nahavand’s Hajian Bazaar and several other parts of the city.
(Excerpt) Read more at tehrantimes.com ...
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Did their Minister of Truth and Propaganda make that demand of subjects?
Antiochus III was the father of the infamous Antiochus IV Epiphanes of I and II Maccabees fame who desecrated the Jewish temple (prophesied by the prophet Daniel) and precipitated the Maccabean Revolt which eventually led to the observance of Hanukkah celebrating the reconsecration of the temple.
Annnnd another nothing picture. Well, a picture of a hole is better than the usual archaeologist articles with no picture at all.
It’s always a big honcho’s grave but never the person who shoveled out the camel stall.
Antiochus III was the father of the infamous Antiochus IV Epiphanes of I and II Maccabees fame who desecrated the Jewish temple (prophesied by the prophet Daniel) ...Yet some still deny Maccabees their place in the canon of Scripture. (No room for have any of that prayers-for-the-dead stuff, dontcha know ...)
Even if they don’t accept Maccabees as inspired, at least it confirms the fact that Catholics did not “invent” prayers for the dead an Purgatory (praying for the dead makes no sense if there is only heaven and hell). The Jews, God’s people, were doing it long before Catholics. They do to this day.
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