There you go again, McQ, twisting the misunderstood and misrepresented Iranian actions into something political when, clearly, it isn’t.
Iran is in the process of economic growth and flexing its spending powers. Part of that, obviously, is the control of water. It has NOTHING at all to do with the Jews. After all, there is religious freedom in Iran (unlike here in the states, where people are crucified publicly for not converting to Christianity), so what would they benefit from re-evaluating their own history?
Besides, if it’s in the Bible, it obviously didn’t happen, so it’s ok if we scratch that part out. It was probably just all made up, anyway. You can read all about it in my blog. |
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This is just the beginning.
Yeah, just think how cool it would be if the Orthodox Greeks were to finish the work started by the Turkish munitions on the Parthanon
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perhaps it would be better if the Church of England got rid of that much ballyhoo’d solar observatory on Salisbury plain...
hmmmm, I know...DOWN WITH THE PYRMAIDS (pave paradise, put up a parking lot!)
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DOWN WITH THE PYRAMIDS (spelling corrected) Actually one of the reasons so many of the European cities and capitals have so many ancient Egyptian artifacts is that the Egyptians were literally giving them away. Like the Iranians and the Afghans after them, they saw them as artifacts of an unenlightened pagan age. Give the infidel artifacts to the infidels.
Of course they saw the error of their ways eventually and now when someone like the Iranians or Afghanis try to flush their history down the drain, the Egyptians generally stand up and tell them how much they will regret it later. Once you destroy ancient artifacts, you can’t just get them back. |
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No! I want the Pyre-maids torn down! (I corrected the spelling too!)
Actually, thanks Jeff. Pretty horrendous spelling ain’t it? |
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This story about Iranian "drowning" of Pasargad and Persepolis is absolute nonsense!
"Not only the Sivand dam is posing NO threat to Pasargadae, but it has proven to be the first opportunity for Iranian and foreign archaeologists to collaborate on a salvage project since the 1979 Revolution, discovering valuable and important information relevant to Achaemenid and other periods of occupation in the region."
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http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2005/September2005/05th-safe.htm |
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yeah Haas, I see demonstrating that a fake persian queen was foisted on the public is proof that archeological sites won’t be destroyed.
You might want to dig deeper, the year is 2008, and it seems there are many sites in the gorge that will be covered by water.
Significant? Well, the Iranians won’t know after they’re under the waves.
As for Pasargad and Cyrus’s tomb, from what I can find in other places those seem safe, but it’s certainly a political issue of major proportion so everything I read makes me skeptical (either way now). |
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Drowning Persepolis? Small potatoes. Consider what China is doing to the Yangtze gorges. Or, without any excuse at all, what the Arabs in charge of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem are doing to any and all remains of the Temple they can find—including digging underground to construct mosques while destroying underground remains.
I suspect the mullahs aren’t thinking of Cyrus the liberator of nations so much as the Zoroasterian king, and probably the shah’s spectacle at Persepolis near the end of his rule adds a bit of panache to the idea of destruction. |
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I suspect that Israelnationalnews.com included Persepolis to get attention (it got mine). Having been there, I seriously doubt that, one, it is feasible (engineering-wise), and two, that the Mullahs are that stupid. Drowning Persepolis would be akin to the Greeks razing the Acropolis. Not only is it hugely significant historically, but it is a cash cow, a tourist destination as well.
In fact, tooling around in GoogleEarth, even the Pasargadae site seems improbable for a damn. Until I see anything more concrete (or earthen), I’d mark this story up as... propaganda.
kishnevi, the Three Gorge project in China has huge economic benefits - not unlike damning up the Colorado or Columbia - and ecological downsides. Unlike the Aswan High Damn, these have been built where it makes engineering sense. |
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oooh...
Damn the double negative.
should read: "quite like damning up the Colorado or Columbia..." |
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The Hoover Damn covered a lot - but I always prefer the God Damn or the Givva Damn. |
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