Posted on 02/18/2006 11:32:33 AM PST by blam
Two Ancient Caves Discovered in Qasr-e Shirin
2006-2-17 - 22:11 - CHN
Archeological excavations in the city of Qasr-e Shirin led to the discovery of two caves belonging to the Neolithic and Middle Elamite periods.
Tehran, 16 February 2006 (CHN) -- 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.
“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.
A large number of stone tools have also been discovered in a small cave during the excavations. The depth and the opening of this cave are both 6 meters and it seems that it was used as a shelter by the inhabitants of the region.
During Iran-Iraq war this cave was used by Iraqi soldiers as bulwark and now the local nomads use this cave to keep their cattle in it,” said Ali Hajbari, head of excavation team in Qasr-e Shirin.
Prior to this, archeological excavations in the city of Qasr-e Shirin led to the discovery of the defensive wall of Khosrow Parviz Castle and 35 other historical sites.
40 kilometers of this wall is located inside Iran and the rest of it continues in Iraq’s soil.
Archeologists believe that Khosrow Parviz, the Sassanid Emperor, constructed this shell-keep to protect his beloved, Shirin.
The 35 discovered historical sites belong to the Neolithic epoch (6500 BC) and Chalcolithic period (5000-3000 BC) relating to the middle and new Elamite and Achaemenid periods.
Moreover, archeological excavations in the historical site of Qasr-e Shirin resulted in the discovery of some clays belonging to the Uruk period (Mesopotamia civilization) and special kinds of clays belonging to the beginning of written language.
GGG Ping.
Was Shirin the name of his sheep??!
Great, time to destroy them. After all, they don't represent Islam.
I think they may find that very little has changed at all....
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There may soon be a couple of brand new caves in Iran.
are they now evolving?
A cave drawing of moohamid's head with a bomb in his turban was discovered.
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.
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
Which represents what? maybe, 4-5 years ago for the backwards camel jockies?
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?
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.
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.
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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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