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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Topic: What was this historical building? Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 07:00 |
That is a building in the central Iran, I think the columns are similar to those which are in the temple of Artemis at Sardis:
But there can be no relation between them!
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Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 08:11 |
Islamic Building, they wish!
It should be from Parthian period cuz it looks pretty much like Hatra's columns, also the size seems about the same.
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Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 08:11 |
Oh since u indicated Parthian Mansion, I can be sure it's Parthian
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Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 09:14 |
Ok, that seems to be easy, guess this one:
That is in Persia (Fars province), an Achaemenid tomb?
An Achaemnid rock tomb in Naghsh-e-Rostam:
A Lycian rock tomb in Fethiye, Turkey:
A Roman rock tomb in Petra, Jordan:
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Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 10:16 |
dang! those are cool pics yougoy there cyrus
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Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 14:27 |
I love the constructions in Petra. I always thought it was amazingly pretty
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Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 18:38 |
You didn't say what/where was the first one.
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Achaemenid?
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Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 22:54 |
Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri
An Achaemnid rock tomb in Naghsh-e-Rostam:
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Is the cross around Darius's tomb just a coincident or did that figure meant something to them
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Posted: 28-Mar-2005 at 05:47 |
I don't think it means anything, Darius's tomb has also the shape of a cross but that is the tomb of Artaxerxes, the interesting thing is that the 70-m high tomb of Darius the Great is the largest tomb in Naghsh-e-Rostam, however other tombs were built after it and it was possible for them to build larger tombs.
Tomb of Darius I, a Workman Cleaning the Inscription on the Top Upper Left Side:
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Posted: 28-Mar-2005 at 06:05 |
Originally posted by Miller
Is the cross around Darius's tomb just a coincident or did that figure meant something to them |
I was there two weeks ago and still remember that the cross symbolised the 4 elements of the Zoroastrians: fire, water, earth & air.
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Posted: 28-Mar-2005 at 06:33 |
And you didn't say anything about your trip to me!
As far as I know there were seven elements: http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com/simple33.html
Zoroastrianism, being a highly sensitive ecological religion, defends and respects the purity of the seven elements of creation which are earth, water, fire, cattle (animals), plants, air (sky, metals), and men.
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Posted: 28-Mar-2005 at 07:07 |
Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri
And you didn't say anything about your trip to me! |
I absolutelly forgot! It was desided suddenly and I went with some colleagues from different countries. We spend 1 day in Esfahan and 1 day in Shiraz.
When I have the time I'll post the pictures and invite you to have a look!
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Posted: 28-Mar-2005 at 09:09 |
Probably made in the Hellenistic Age, cause note the Greek style colomns.
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Posted: 28-Mar-2005 at 13:51 |
Hellenistic Age is dated from 338 to 146 B.C. The first tomb (Of
Darius') was built probably between 522-486 B.C -- He died in 486 B.C,
but as I recall in some article or TV program it was said that he built his tomb some time before his death.
Also about the Greek style u mentioned; those columns influenced the
Greeks. The first evidence of Greek buildings with such columns are
dated after Persians' rule over Greece.
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Cyrus, I love to know the name and the place of the first picture (Parthian's), would u tell me what is it?
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Posted: 29-Mar-2005 at 18:17 |
No, I mean the first one.
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Posted: 30-Mar-2005 at 05:09 |
Cyrus, I love to know the name and the place of the first picture (Parthian's), would u tell me what is it? |
That is the Milioona mansion in Khorheh village near Mahallat in Central Province.
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