Pictures of Ancient Iranian City - Arg-e-Bam

ActivistChat.com ^ | Dec 27, 2003 | ActivistChat.com

[faludeh_shirazi]

Ancient photos of Arg-e-Bam, the city that has basically been leveled can be found here!

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[faludeh_shirazi]

PING FOR AZADI NOW!!!!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Well, if Iraq and Iran would gettin' into arguments killin' millions of innocents, Argubam might be Argubuilt already.

[Lazamataz]

Arg-e-Bam!???!

The name Bam was bad enough .... bur ARG - e - Bam????

Can they just name it Arg-The-Wall-Is-Toppling-On-Me-BAM and get it over with?

[LiberalBassTurds]

Real shame. Was a beautiful city. I hope the citizen's sake death reports prove to have been exagerated.

LBT

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[tbeatty]

Ancient Photos?

[LiberalBassTurds]

*for the citizen's sake*

[F14 Pilot]

Bush: U.S. Ready to Help Iran After Quake
Yahoo! News ^ | Fri, Dec 26, 2003 | Caren Bohan

Posted on 12/26/2003 10:42:43 PM PST by F14 Pilot

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1047179/posts?page=1

[faludeh_shirazi]

our hope is that by tomorrow US will make a specific contribution.. timing is essentiall.. every second counts.. they need HELP NOW!!!!

[WSGilcrest]

Is this a picture of the 2000 yr. old fortification that was reported to be completely destroyed?

[F14 Pilot]

What we hear~! Blah Blah...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1047179/posts?page=5#5

[F14 Pilot]

Bam: Jewel of Iranian heritage

BBC News
Friday, 26 December, 2003

The Iranian city of Bam is best known for its historic citadel, which is believed to have been founded some 2,000 years ago.
However most of the monuments visited every year by thousands of tourists date back to the 16th and 17th Centuries, the heyday of the Safavid dynasty.

Built out of mud bricks, clay straw and the trunks of palm trees, it is said to have been the largest structure of its kind in the world.

Reports say that the ancient citadel, located in the south-east of the country, was completely destroyed by a December 2003 earthquake.

Trading post

During the Safavid period (1501 -1736), Bam occupied six square kilometres and was surrounded by a rampart with 38 towers. It had a population of between 9,000 and 13,000.

Bam flourished as a site of pilgrimage and as a commercial and trading centre on the famous Silk Road which brought the treasures of the ancient Far East into what was Persia, across the Sahara and on to the Mediterranean and the fashionable capitals of Europe.

Following an Afghan invasion in 1722, Bam declined in importance.

The city was used as an army barracks until 1932 and then abandoned.

In 1953, the Iranian authorities began to dedicate teams of architects and historians to restoring the old quarter, attracting thousands of visitors.

Now, it appears, much of that heritage may have been lost forever.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3349353.stm

[Dianna]

I'm not certain assistance will be accepted from us. I pray that it is so.

[faludeh_shirazi]

Yes --

[Lancey Howard]

Ancient Photos?

Sure. The tiny "WF" in the corner has led experts to conclude that the ancient photographer was none other than Wilma Flintstone.

[#3Fan]

Arg-e-Bam!???! The name Bam was bad enough .... bur ARG - e - Bam????

It'd be interesting to know what that name means.

[ladyinred]

What a terrible shame that something so beautiful and ancient has been destroyed. Of course, the worse part is the loss of life, but you still are saddened when parts of history like that are just lost.

[Pro-Bush]

Bump!



I pray for the dead and the families affected!

History regarding our civilization is lost but not forgotten!

[stlnative]

The remains of the 2,000-year-old fortress of Bam is shown in this image taken during an Iranian TV broadcast from Kerman city Friday Dec. 26, 2003 after a devastating dawn earthquake. Iranian Interior Ministry, Mousawi Lari's picture is on the right. Preliminary reports put the death toll of the quake at 5,000 to 6,000 people. (AP Photo/Iran TV)

[hmmmmm]

The loss of history is secondary to the loss of life yet we can mourn for both.