Where is it? What is it?

This has got to be Babylon, or at least in Persia.

Originally posted by Yiannis I think it's Saddam Hussein's reconstruction of Babylon (?)

LoL, is this a joke?

I can see no "Jewish" star, but this symbols:



... specially the winged lion, look Assyrian or Achaemenid. They could be Babylonian too.

But I'd say is the Achaemenid capital city/palace or something of the like.

The central pillar seems designed to tie people to it.

so i whas the closest one

Thanks for the detailed pic, DayI. But I must say that those are 8-pointed stars and the Jewish one has only 6 points.

WHoa! interesting find Maju.  But that isn't it, I am pretty certain it is the movie location in Tehran because I recognise the buildings and they made a movie set in Jerusalem there. And notice that unweildy carriage prop thing right in the middle of the place.

NB: There is also Falake Aflak in Lorestan, I dunno if it has been in continuous use but it is in very good condition:

Edited by Zagros

So where is this place then Cyrus? Am I right?

lol vulkan02    "or something"

anyway

for you guys i found the answer for your questions and the answer for Cyrus's topic

the answer is in the below thread

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=268697