I agree w/ you on all accounts, especially about NEVER trusting the mullahs especially w/ something as symbolically important as this pre-islamic national treasure.
About the name Hormuzd or Hormuz, it is a common boy’s name in Iran, also Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, and it is a derivative of the word Ahura-Mazda which is the name of the Zoroastrian God. But did you notice the last part of his name Rassam which sounds very similar to Rostam which is also a common boys name in honor of the great warrior hero of the Persian poet Ferdowsi’s national epic Shah-Nameh (Letters of the Kings or story of the kings — and heros) revered by Iranians for — according to many — single-handedly saving the Persian language from arabization. So you see it is indeed very poetic that a man w/ this name should discover Cyrus the Great’s Cylinder!
Hope that wasn’t more information than you bargained for! :o) I just get too excited sometimes discussing the rich history of Iran!
BTW, Ctesiphon is the one and the same modern day Esfahan or (the more correct Persian spelling) Espahan in central Iran, and the beautiful city where I was born!
I agreed with him on most of his points as well. It's a shame that in his rush to pomposity, he failed to pay attention to who had posted what and was more interested in bloviating and trying to make himself look superior.
I'd have been more impressed had the poster ditched the attitude and just joined the conversation. Instead, he diminished himself with his sanctimonious tone and lack of attention to detail.
>Ctesiphon is the one and the same modern day Esfahan or (the more correct Persian spelling) Espahan in central Iran.
Sorry Parisa, I was referring to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon
>”Hope that wasn’t more information than you bargained for! :o)”
Not at all & thanks for the details.
>”I just get too excited sometimes discussing the rich history of Iran!”
I know what you mean. My mother is Iranian-Zoroastrian from Yazd, and I used to live in Iran decades ago, although not in Yazd :-)