88 Cuneiform Inscriptions Discovered At Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat

The Tehran Times ^ | 7-27-2006

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Seruzawa]

In further news, the inscriptions appear to say, "Bush's fault".

[Red Badger]

They say, "For good time call......."

[pgyanke]

The team also discovered a drainspout in the ziggurat. The discovery disproves the theory posed in Ghirshman’s studies on the distances between the drainspouts of the ziggurat.

File that under "wow" with a capital "W"!

[gridlock]

Do you have any idea what this means?!?

[Adder]

The inscriptions were discovered when the workers were removing rubble from the bases of the walls,”

They say "This side up."

[agere_contra]

The discovery disproves the theory posed in Ghirshman’s studies on the distances between the drainspouts of the ziggurat.

I ... I can't believe it. Ghirshman ... was wrong?

[rod1]

Presumably the differential distances in downspouts caused probelms with their prefabricated gutter guards.

[WV Mountain Mama]

You know at least one of them said "here I sit broken hearted..."

[Red Badger]

.....and one says, "The king is a fink!".........

[Red Badger]

Presumably the differential distances in downspouts caused probelms with their prefabricated gutter guards.

They must have used aluminum instead of vinyl..........

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. Somehow I missed this. Note to all: this is from July 2006.

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[Fred Nerks]

...picture of the temple tower, seen from the west. It must be stressed that this building is in Khuzestan, ancient Elam. From a geological, climatological, and ethnological point of view, we're no longer in Iran, but on the plains of the rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Karkheh, and Dez. In other words, we're in Mesopotamia.

http://www.livius.org/a/iran/chogha_zanbil/cz.html

[eleni121]

fascinating...and this is more fascinating.

http://www.elam.com/

[Wormwood]

Fascinating article. Thank you.

[albee]

"French archaeologist Roman Ghirshman had said nothing about the inscriptions in his studies on the ziggurat, he added."

The inscriptions probably said, "Frenchmen Suck!"

[Ciexyz]

That ziggurat actually looks like a trendy piece of modern architecture.

[Ciexyz]

The link to the Tehran Times (at top of article) no longer has the original article available. I would have liked to have seen a photo of the inscriptions.

[TexasNative2000]

I ... I can't believe it. Ghirshman ... was wrong?

Good heavens......If Ghirshman was wrong it knocks the underpinnings out from ALL of our assumptions.