Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Giant Griffin, Persepolis, Iran, circa 516-465 BC.

 


The magnificent ruins of Persepolis lie at the foot of Kuh-i-Rahmat (Mountain of Mercy), about 650 km south of the present-day capital city of Teheran.⁣

Founded by Darius I in 518 BC, Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek: Περσέπολις, a compound of Pérsēs (Πέρσης) and pólis (πόλις), meaning “the Persian city” or “the city of the Persians,” but the Persians knew it as Parsa.⁣

7 comments:

  1. Gotta do something about the spammers, they're infesting every post now.

    Regarding the post itself, I'm surprised the Muzzies haven't blown those statues up yet.

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    1. Delete them as soon as I see them. Other than that, the only option on Blogspot is to disable comments, which I won't do. Just ignore the spam. I'll catch up to them in time.

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    2. I appreciate your efforts. I just wish there was a way to keep them from showing up all the time:-(.

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  2. I just ignore the spammers... other than finding out who they are & where they live there is not much I can think of... I figure google is making money off the ads or they would find a way to stop it.

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  3. Our gov't can track down 600 "insurrectionists" at the capital on Jan 6 but can't track down the so called Russians who stole an election.

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  4. Persia. Another fine accomplished ancient people taken down by the insanity of Islam.

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  5. How come tool marks are hardly ever found. I wonder if they invented a slurry to cast.

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