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Two Ancient Caves Discovered In Qasr-e-Shirin (Iran/Iraq)
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| 2-17-2006
Posted on 02/18/2006 11:32:33 AM PST by blam
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02/18/2006 11:32:36 AM PST
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
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02/18/2006 11:34:30 AM PST
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blam
To: blam
Two caves were discovered in the southern foothills of Bazidar Mountains, one of them dates back to some 9000 years ago that is Neolithic epoch, and the other belongs to the Middle Elamite period"
Back from when those places were last civilized. I wonder what they will find in there?
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:35:08 AM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
To: blam
Archeologists believe that Khosrow Parviz, the Sassanid Emperor, constructed this shell-keep to protect his beloved, Shirin. Was Shirin the name of his sheep??!
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:37:38 AM PST
by
Ken522
To: blam
Great, time to destroy them. After all, they don't represent Islam.
To: blam
I think they may find that very little has changed at all....
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:38:41 AM PST
by
Zarro
(We Support Governor Rossi)
To: AdmSmith
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:46:57 AM PST
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: antiRepublicrat
There may soon be a couple of brand new caves in Iran.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:47:53 AM PST
by
dblshot
To: blam
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:56:49 AM PST
by
kajingawd
(" Practice charity without holding in mind any conceptions about charity, for charity is but a word")
To: blam
A cave drawing of moohamid's head with a bomb in his turban was discovered.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:57:36 AM PST
by
duckman
(I refuse to use a tag line...I mean it.)
To: blam
Two caves were discovered in the southern foothills of Bazidar Mountains, one of them dates back to some 9000 years ago that is Neolithic epoch, and the other belongs to the Middle Elamite period and contemporary to the Iron Age in Zagross and Central Plateau of Iran. Oddly enough, in one of the caves, anthropologists found discarded blank VHS tape cartridges, pieces of coaxial cable, and take-out falafel wrappers, plus a page from Osama bin Laden's diary in which he confesses that he has a crush on Al Gore.
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posted on
02/18/2006 12:05:50 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: IronJack
I'm feeling a bit skeptical about all these discoveries in China and Iran...it's as if they are trying to claim some conveted title.../shrugs
To: blam
Archeological excavations in the city of Qasr-e Shirin resulted in the discovery of two caves belonging to the Neolithic epoch and the Middle Elamite period Which represents what? maybe, 4-5 years ago for the backwards camel jockies?
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posted on
02/18/2006 1:21:52 PM PST
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Bear_Slayer
(When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty)
To: blam
Khosrow Parviz is their rendition of the name of the last great king of the Sassanian dynasty, Chosroes II Parvez (590-627), best known perhaps for his war with the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Heraclius (Chosroes captured the True Cross but Heraclius later regained it).
According to Richard Frye, qasr is an Arabic term for the fortified inner residence of a ruler.
To: Verginius Rufus
"According to Richard Frye, qasr is an Arabic term for the fortified inner residence of a ruler." Excellent. I suppose like castle in English, huh?
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posted on
02/18/2006 3:13:22 PM PST
by
blam
To: Dr Stormfist
it's as if they are trying to claim Maybe so. But it doesn't matter if they do since huge numbers of people can trace some of their ancestry to these regions regardless of who lives there now.
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posted on
02/18/2006 3:19:08 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: blam
Actually,
qasr seems to be more specific than English
castle...it would be the inner part.
There are different words for citadel, qal'a or hisar in Arabic, kuhandiz or diz in Persian.
Turkish has a word hisar meaning fortress or castle, obviously taken from Arabic.
The site in Turkey which has been identified as ancient Troy since the time of Schliemann's excavations is known as Hisarlik. I don't know Turkish so I can't say what the -lik suffix means, but it could have gotten the name from looking like a fortress--as it in fact had been in ancient times.
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
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posted on
02/18/2006 7:13:17 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(It's a big planet. We're willing to share. They're not. Out they go.)
To: Dr Stormfist
"I'm feeling a bit skeptical about all these discoveries in China and Iran...it's as if they are trying to claim some conveted title.../shrugs" I think a lot of these discoveries are related to new dams about to submerge some sites in each country and a 'rushed' effort
. Also, I think it has only been a very few years that Iran has allowed foreign archaeologists to work in Iran.
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posted on
02/18/2006 7:35:00 PM PST
by
blam
To: Berlin_Freeper
Back from when those places were last civilized. I wonder what they will find in there?
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posted on
02/18/2006 8:15:28 PM PST
by
StoneGiant
(Power without morality is disaster. Morality without power is useless.)
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