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Shushan, Iranian Biblical City of Purim Drama, a Garbage Dump
Arutz Sheva ^
| 3/9/09
| Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Posted on 03/09/2009 5:20:42 PM PDT by Nachum
(IsraelNN.com) Iranians have turned a huge excavation site in the city of Shush, site of "Susa," the ancient city of Shushan -- center of the events in the Purim story -- into a garbage dump.
Culture heritage backers put a stop to construction of a hotel on the site, according to the Tehran News, which added that residents of the Shush municipality are now filling the huge, gaping 300-foot by 300-foot hole with rubbish.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biblical; city; godsgravesglyphs; iranian; shushan
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:20:42 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: nuconvert; LibreOuMort; parisa
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:24:39 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Tax the rich" fails if the rich won't play)
To: Nachum
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:26:53 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Tax the rich" fails if the rich won't play)
To: SJackson
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:27:40 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Nachum
"Susa is one of the oldest cities in the world. Excavations have established the existence of urban structures about 4000 BCE, and it is reasonable that the town, situated between the rivers Karkheh and Dez (one of these is the ancient Eulaeus), was already the political center of Elam in the fourth millennium. A castle on a steep hilltop dates back to this period (in the center of the picture). The Assyrian king Aššurbanipal destroyed the Elamite capital between 645-640. ..."
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:27:53 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Tax the rich" fails if the rich won't play)
To: sionnsar
Photo didn’t show. Oh well..
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:29:11 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Tax the rich" fails if the rich won't play)
To: Nachum
What should one expect from a naturally filthy breed of creature — hairy-tailed mohammedans? Garbage creates garbage.
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posted on
03/09/2009 6:20:56 PM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Christian and armed.)
To: sionnsar
Hello sionnsar. Thanks for the ping.
There is much that’s destroyed in that God forsaken land.
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posted on
03/09/2009 9:00:10 PM PDT
by
parisa
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:15:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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