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Ruins, Graves, and Poems

Today was a varied and rich day. Our first stop was Persepolis. Wow. I have been fortunate enough to see some of the great ruins of the Middle East: Syria’s Palmyra, Egypt’s Pyramids, Leba… more →

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Pax Persica — 1 comment

Fahad wrote 9 hours ago: When recently visiting Esfahan, I found in the old city a site which is known as Isaiah’s tomb. … more →

Tags: Iran, Judaism, Achaemenids, Brent A. Strawn, Esfahan, Isaiah's tomb, Jews, Jon L. Berquist, Linjan

Ezra and History

heyguysitsthebible wrote 5 days ago: Summary: Cyrus the Great of Persia allows Jews to return to Jerusalem so that they can rebuild th … more →

Tags: Old Testament, artaxerxes, Atheism, Bible Blog, Cyrus The Great, Ezra, History, history in the bible, jews return to israel

Aeschylus. "The Persians" (472BCE)

Ben wrote 1 week ago: Persai (The Persians) (472BCE) By Aeschylus Penguin Classics (grouped with Seven Against Thebes, The … more →

Tags: penguin classics, million books project, persai, The Persians, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, Prometheus Bound, greek tragedy

Bulls’ 2008 training camp roster set

shakthi37 wrote 2 weeks ago: September 27, 2008 – In preparation for the 2008.09 NBA season, the Chicago Bulls will start train … more →

Tags: Updates, Bulls, Elton, Brown, Roger, Powell, Washington, Derrick, Rose

homegreg wrote 2 weeks ago: By Butta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJstjqS-iAA This is a documentary about one of the coolest … more →

Tags: Best Of What's Around, Boston, Documentary, feel good

The Canal of the Pharaohs

umeshmadan wrote 2 weeks ago: The Suez Canal is not the first waterway to link the Mediterranean and Red Seas. The present day Su … more →

Tags: History, Suez, Suez Canal, Pharaohs, Ancient Engineering, Ancient Egypt

The Worthingtons-Wedding Bells (Round 2)

wutheringvipercanyon wrote 4 weeks ago: Daniel Worthington sold off the pups of Dolly and Brucey. Jospeh Jones bought Balto, Jacob Jones bo … more →

Tags: Rodriguez, Worthington, wuthering, Balto, Brucey, Casey, Clarissa, Cynthia, Daisy

Alexander the Great's Battle of Issus (333 BC)

worldmilitaryhistory wrote 1 month ago: In 334 BC, Alexander the Great launched his invasion of the Persian Empire, which stretched from nor … more →

Tags: European Military History, Ancient History, Greater Middle Eastern Military History, Battle of Issus, issus, 333 BC, Alexander the Great, Alexander, Darius III

Lamento de Dario

abenyusuf wrote 2 months ago: Darius Cargado originalmente por Nick in exsilio Un mensajero transmite al rey Dario (con sinéres … more →

Tags: Poetry, Orientalism, Education, Scenes, Books, criticism, Quotes, Middle Age, Pictures]

Day 3 and Day 4 — 2 comments

sgwavesurfer wrote 2 months ago: I returned to Thomson Medical Centre Thursday morning at around 9am, wanting to do the birth registr … more →

Tags: Baby Darius, Hospital Stay, birth registration, CT Scan

Persepolis Recreated

delhiparsi wrote 2 months ago: Here’s an amazing film about the ancient city of Perspolis (now in Iran). The film showcases … more →

Tags: ancient persia, Zoroastrianism, Cyrus, History, Iran, Persepolis, Persia, Xerxes, Zoroastrians

Speaking Of Rolling Stone — 3 comments

thegrip wrote 3 months ago: He didn’t exactly make it into the magazine, but being on Rollingstone.com is tight enough. I … more →

Tags: All about nothing, Bonnaroo!!!!, Pictures], Music, Rolling Stone, max vadukul, Festivals, Almost Famous

Achaemenid Empire — 1 comment

Elvis is in the House... wrote 3 months ago: The Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant p … more →

Tags: Arts and Influences, Islamic Arts and Influences, Empire, India, Asia, Religion, History, Roman, turkey