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Shahr-e Sukhteh (Persian: شهر سوخته, meaning "Burnt City"), c. 3550–2300 BC, [1] also spelled as Shahr-e Sūkhté and Shahr-i Sōkhta, is an archaeological site of a sizable Bronze Age urban settlement, associated with the Helmand culture.
The Baghdad Battery is the name given to a set of three artifacts which were found together: a ceramic pot, a tube of copper, and a rod of iron. It was discovered in present-day Khujut Rabu , Iraq in 1936, close to the ancient city of Ctesiphon , the capital of the Parthian (150 BC – 223 AD) and Sasanian (224–650 AD) empires, and it is ...
The Fifty-Three were a group of 53 Iranians arrested for involvement in communist political activities in 1937 [1] and brought to trial in November 1938 in the most sensational of the political trials held during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi. [2] Some, such as Taqi Arani, died in jail - the rest were released in 1941. [3] The fifty-five were:
In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh became Iran's prime minister, and his democratic and nationalist government took control of the Iranian parliament. The parliament voted to nationalize Iran's oil industry, leading the U.K. to "secret[ly] campaign to weaken and destabilize Mosaddegh". The Shah was influenced by the U.K. to attempt to oust Mosaddegh ...
Archaeology as it is practiced today must be able to challenge, as well as confirm, the Bible stories. Some things described there really did happen, but others did not. The biblical narratives about Abraham , Moses , Joshua and Solomon probably reflect some historical memories of people and places, but the 'larger than life' portraits of the ...
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A scientist recently discovered a lost fragment of a manuscript representing one of the earliest translations of the Gospels. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support ...
"The Bible's Buried Secrets" is a Nova program that first aired on PBS, on November 18, 2008. [2] According to the program's official website: "The film presents the latest archaeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament.