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Monday, September 13, 2010

Cyrus Cylinder in Tehran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visiting the Cyrus Cylinder in Tehran on Sunday. Cyrus the Great created the Cylinder after the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC. The Cylinder depicts Cyrus’s efforts to improve the lives of the citizens of Babylonia; repatriate displaced peoples and restore temples across Mesopotamia. It has become a historic charter on human rights and freedom of thoughts and religion.

The Cylinder was discovered in the ruins of Babylon in 1879 and is kept in the British Museum. It is on loan to Iran’s National Museum in Tehran and will be on display for the next four months.

Photo: Press TV

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3 comments:

  1. Persicus MaximusSeptember 13, 2010 at 1:41 PM

    please take time and read this article.

    http://persicus-maximus.blogspot.com/2010/09/kourosh-cyrus-cylinder.html

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  2. Nader UskowiSeptember 13, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    Persicus,

    Thanks much for the link, a valuable read. And thanks as always for your support.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2010 at 5:19 PM

    Cyrus in the Quran:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvKBbCMZYfU

    (lot of analysis and tafsir on this topic online - jus search).

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