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    Posted: 17-Nov-2006 at 04:48
At last!
 
 
Mt Bisotoon is the one in my signature too.  My uncles have climbed its 800m sheer cliff face.
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Professor David Stronach, archeologist and former Director of the British Institute of Persian Studies in Tehran (1961-1980), looks back fondly on his experiences at Bisotun (Islamic Republic of Iran), a monument in bas-relief and cuneiform that that is located 70 meters above the ground.

http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=33581&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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  Quote kingofmazanderan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Nov-2006 at 06:52
Cool so it was add to the World Heratige thing thats awsome.
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Good to know, took them long enough Wacko
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