Is it a Michelangelo ?

Darius Kadivar

Italy rows over Christ statue's origins

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25-May-2009
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RECONSTRUCTION

Bam reborn

Bam reborn

Photo essay: City rising after devastating earthquake

by Ramin Mazaheri
25-May-2009 (117 comments)

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REPORT

It’s a New Bam

“This will be a very nice city to live in and much better than before”

25-May-2009 (3 comments)
Arash Arjmand and his family made the day’s drive from Shiraz to wonder what this room with no roof and no door might have been. The family sidestepped mound after mound of ruined terracotta as they toured the ghost fortress of Bam Citadel, just five years ago a 25-century-old monument but now merely ruins. At the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the ancient Silk Road city of Bam, Iran, engineers from around the world are attempting to piece together what used to stand as the world’s largest adobe structure and best example of a fortified medieval walled city>>>

Nuclear Axis ?

Darius Kadivar

North Korea conducts nuclear test

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25-May-2009
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