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Iranians Enjoyed Nanotechnology 3000 Years Ago!

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    Posted: 22-Apr-2007 at 09:43
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Tehran, 22 April 2007 (CHN Foreign Desk) After 20 years, studies of Iranian researchers in Tchogha Zanbil and Pasargadae historical sites led into tracing nanotechnology in these two World Heritage Sites. According to researchers, implementing nanotechnology in these monuments is the main reason for their 3000-year-old survival. Researchers also believe that the special atomic combination which was used in this technique caused some difference between the elements of Tchogha Zanbil with its surrounding natural elements.
 
 We started our researches since 20 years ago. Through the tests conducted on some historical sites including Tchogha Zanbil and Pasargadae, we concluded that our ancestors were one of the pioneers of nanotechnology, who implemented this technique in their structures, said Mansour Afrazeh, scientist researcher to CHN.
 
According to Afrazeh, two nanotechnology techniques were implemented in Tchogha Zanbil ziggurat including nanoparticles which attract harmful rays from mobiles which are employed in structures, and nanoparticles which are used in colors.
 
He further explained that Iranians succeeded in inventing a new atomic order in Tchogha Zanbil some 3000 years ago which was quite different with the natural elements of its surrounding area.
 
The studies further revealed that contrary to previous beliefs, what connected the metal part of monuments in Pasargadae historical site to the stones were not bronze joints but it was the new metals atomic structure. This new technique is considered very important in strengthening the monument and its long term survival.
 
Today many developed countries such as the United States and Japan are using this high technique for making a protective covers in an attempt to reduce the harmful effects of mobile rays on users brains. An apparent similarity can be seen between this technique and what was practiced during the first millennium BC in Tchogha Zanbil, added Afrazeh.
 
Regarding the implementation of this technique in Tchogha Zanbil, Afrazeh added: most probably this cover was used in holy chambers and the music halls of this monument.
 
Located in Iranian southwestern province of Khuzestan, 30 kilometers south-west of Susa, the ruins of the holy city of Elamite Kingdom, surrounded by three huge concentric walls is found at Tchogha Zanbil. Founded 1250 BC, the city remained unfinished after it was invaded by Ashurbanipal, as shown by the thousands of unused bricks left at the site.
 
The large Tchogha Zanbil temple is one of the ancient monuments of Iran which has been registered on UNESCO World Heritage List. The architectural style employed in the ziggurat resembles those of Egyptian pyramids and Mayan temples. The Tchogha Zanbil ziggurat is the only surviving ziggurat in Iran and is one of the most important remnants of the Elamite civilization.
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Just because they managed to work nanostructures into their materials doesn't mean they knew that they were nanostructures.
It is still a great piece of materials science, but this doesn't mean they actually intended to get those structures.
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  Quote Zagros Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-Apr-2007 at 07:52
Simply amazing.
 
Omar, it was used delibertely and for a purpose, what do you suppose that purpose was if it was not as intended?
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  Quote Nurica Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-May-2010 at 22:03

It seems there is a lot of people, all over the world, that are frustrated with their ancestors and are displaying an inferiority complex! Otherwise, we would not have such a quantity of bulshit to polish  and brighten their past generations...

But that's no surprise for me; anyway, one should know what nanotechnology really is, in order to avoid being laughable...
 

Nanotechnology, or nanotech, is a collective term for several dozen related techniques that manipulate and manufacture molecules that are measured by the nanometer (one-billionth of a meter, or 10-9m, in scientific notation). Instruments invented in the early 1980s now enable scientists to observe and rearrange molecules and atoms as never before, thereby enriching our knowledge of the world of the nanoscale. Viruses and atomic surfaces, for example, are understood much better than before, while carbon atoms are arranged into new shapes, including spheres and tubes. Because of its ability to rearrange the building blocks of matter, nanotech has great potential to affect medicine, information technology, materials science, the environment, and other areas. Developments in medical diagnostics and therapeutics, along with smaller, faster computers, are especially exciting, while toxicity and threats to privacy are uncertain but worrisome. Social scientists are interested in nanotech because it also affects economic, cultural, social, and political conditions. (Source : International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr.. Vol. 5. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. p361-363.)

If no one doubt that ancient eastern civilizations were all what the human societies had most valuable, and that they had advanced technologies in construction, it is pretty much uff to make such illiterate assertions like these guys...
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