The great wall of Iran revealed
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ScienceDaily (Feb 18 2008): New discoveries unearthed at an ancient frontier wall in Iran provide compelling evidence that the Persians matched the Romans for military might and and engineering prowess.
It is longer than Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall taken together. It is over a thousand years older than the Great Wall of China as we know it today. It is of more solid construction than its ancient Chinese counterparts. It is the greatest monument of its kind between central Europe and China and it may be the longest brick, or stone, wall ever built in the ancient world - and yet few have ever heard of it. This wall is known as "The Great Wall of Gorgan" or "the Red Snake". An international team of archaeologists has been at work on the snakelike monument and here they report on their findings.
The "Red Snake" in northern Iran, which owes its name to the red colour of its bricks, is at least 195km long. A canal, 5m deep or more, conducted water along most of the Wall. Its continuous gradient, designed to ensure regular water flow, bears witness to the skills of the land-surveyors responsible for marking out the Wall's route. Over 30 forts are lined up along this massive structure. Their combined size is about three times that of those on Hadrian's Wall. Yet these forts are small in comparison with contemporary fortifications in the hinterland, some of which are around ten times larger than the largest Wall forts. The 'Red Snake' is unmatched in so many respects and an enigma in yet more.
Who built this defensive barrier of awesome scale and sophistication, when, and for what reason? Even its length is unclear: its western terminal was flooded by the rising waters of the Caspian Sea, while to the east it runs into the unexplored mountainous landscape of the Elburz Mountains.
An Iranian team, under the direction of Jebrael Nokandeh, has been exploring this Great Wall since 1999. In 2005 it became a joint Iranian and British project. Our aim: to answer the fundamental questions of when, who, and why. ((Read More)) �
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Alexander, The Romans, the Byzantines (they were Roman too)
by Anonymous_Flowers (not verified) on Wed Feb 20, 2008 09:53 AM PSTPersia until the advent of the Arabs, for nearly 1,600 years was always the "eastern foe" and "rival power" when Alexander first marched into Persepolis he immediately donned Darius's purple imperial robe (purple is persian color of the shah) and the romans envied persia's cavalry troops.
The best news ever.
by Farinorz Maleknazri, OBGYN (not verified) on Wed Feb 20, 2008 07:27 AM PSTThe ISLAMIC Republic of iran announced this good news: building of the second Sivand dam II in this spot over this old useless wall by the order of the greatest man who ever lived on the face of planet earth, AYATOLLAH K..-OLLAH KHOMEINI. The honorable leader of ISLAMIC Republic of iran, AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI has promised an unlimited supply of virgins in after-life for those who participate in building Sivand Dam II on this wall which is a representation of brutal rule of Kaiser Persis Shahs whose 2500 years of brutality and corruption ended by the glorious revolution of Ayatollah K..-OLAGH KHOMEINI. Greeting