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The International Committee to Save the Archeological Sites of Pasargadae faces a daunting task: trying to protect the tomb of Cyrus the Great and the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran from the impending plans of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) regime to erase both from physical existence, as well as from the historical memories of Persian and non-Persian alike.
The methodology is simple: as the theocratic regime moves Sivand Dam in Fars Province closer to its operational phase, it does so by ignoring repeated warnings by engineer, archeologist, and historian alike that the Dam threatens to submerge the artifacts of the ancient Achaemenid kings of Persia under a wall of water, which would wreak fatal, catastrophic damage to the remaining physical evidence of the Achaemenid period. It was in this era (539 B. C. to 330 B. C.) that Persia reached its zenith of power and influence in history, as evidenced by the Cylinder of the Declaration of Universal Human Rights bequeathed to the world by King Cyrus. The magnitude of the contribution to world history embodied by Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, Artaxerxes, and the other Persian monarchs of this period may be seen in the recent English language chronicles of the period, especially in A. T. Olmstead?s History of the Persian Empire, Dr. Edwin Yamauchi?s Persia and the Bible, and Dr. Gleason Archer?s A Brief Survey of Old Testament Introduction.
The loss of this legacy to the world would be an incalculable disaster to the world community and the foundations of civilization.
Esmail Nooriala and Shokooh Mirzadegi spearhead the Committee?s worldwide distribution of a petition to stop this impending catastrophe. The full text of the petition, to be submitted to the United Nations and various world governments, may be accessed at the Committee?s international web site. Responsible parties are invited to sign the petition, distribute it globally for the procurement of additional signatures, and contribute monies to the work of The International Committee to Save the Archeological Sites of Pasargadae.
The methodology is simple: as the theocratic regime moves Sivand Dam in Fars Province closer to its operational phase, it does so by ignoring repeated warnings by engineer, archeologist, and historian alike that the Dam threatens to submerge the artifacts of the ancient Achaemenid kings of Persia under a wall of water, which would wreak fatal, catastrophic damage to the remaining physical evidence of the Achaemenid period. It was in this era (539 B. C. to 330 B. C.) that Persia reached its zenith of power and influence in history, as evidenced by the Cylinder of the Declaration of Universal Human Rights bequeathed to the world by King Cyrus. The magnitude of the contribution to world history embodied by Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, Artaxerxes, and the other Persian monarchs of this period may be seen in the recent English language chronicles of the period, especially in A. T. Olmstead?s History of the Persian Empire, Dr. Edwin Yamauchi?s Persia and the Bible, and Dr. Gleason Archer?s A Brief Survey of Old Testament Introduction.
The loss of this legacy to the world would be an incalculable disaster to the world community and the foundations of civilization.
Esmail Nooriala and Shokooh Mirzadegi spearhead the Committee?s worldwide distribution of a petition to stop this impending catastrophe. The full text of the petition, to be submitted to the United Nations and various world governments, may be accessed at the Committee?s international web site. Responsible parties are invited to sign the petition, distribute it globally for the procurement of additional signatures, and contribute monies to the work of The International Committee to Save the Archeological Sites of Pasargadae.
