Human Sacrifice Was Common In Burnt City (Iran)

Payvand ^ | 12-27-2004

[LauraleeBraswell]

Well, looks as things sure haven't changed since then.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

5,000 Years Ago, Women Held Power In Burnt City, Iran

[muawiyah]

See, Father Abraham was onto something ~ bet a whole big bunch of folks back in his day were sick of their tribes being hunted down for use in human sacrifices.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[shubi]

"Why did they have to kill the dogs?"
PETA is on the case.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Savage Beast]

...and they're still at it.

[xzins]

If Moses was 1450 bc, then when was Abraham?

Add 400 years of slavery, add lifetime of Joseph, Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham....roughly 900 years???

That puts us back to 2300 bc or so....some 4300 year ago. We're still off by 700 years.

[muawiyah]

Yup, it was still going on. What you see there in the "burned city" is the ground floor.

You give people a chance they'll start sacrificing somebody else every single time.

[valkyrieanne]

Children of Cain.

[xzins]

Must be democrats. :>)

[BenLurkin]

Why is it called the "burnt city"?

[SunkenCiv]

Maybe someone left the stove on.

[BenLurkin]

Wait a minute . . . you're supposed to know the answer to these things!

[SunkenCiv]

It's true, it's true. If I don't know the answer, I can be counted on to make up a plausible lie. Usually. In this case, I'm still puzzling over something else that seems obvious, and crucial to our understanding. Why isn't the city known as "Crushed by the tires of a giant SUV"?

[blam]

The Burnt city

One of the most ancient sites in Iran is The Burnt City, located in the Eastern part of the country, South of Zabol in the region of Sistan. The unexpected appearance & the quick disappearance of the city baffled experts for years.
According to the excavations and researches, the Burned City has come to be known as one of the most important proofs of the independence of the eastern part of Iran from Mesopotamia.
Judging by the artifacts recovered in the area, the inhabitants seem to have been a race of intelligent people who were both farmers & builders of various crafts.
So far no military ware has been discovered, suggesting the peaceful nature of the residents. What is really strange about burnt city is the fact that it has no connection to any other old civilisations in the area, as if it completely came from elsewhere.
One of the prominent relics found in the Burned City is a skull that according to the anthropological studies, is the first evidence of brain surgeries in prehistoric Iran.

[BenLurkin]

Antediluvian or survivors perhaps.

[knuthom]

the quick disappearance of the city baffled experts for years
(snip)
So far no military ware has been discovered ...

And they see no connection between these two things?

[SunkenCiv]

5,000 Years Ago, Women Held Power In Burnt City, Iran
Iranian WS | 12-23-2004
Posted on 12/24/2004 11:47:31 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1308060/posts