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Dream of Peace in Persian Gulf: 15th Environmental Art Festival in Iran at the P…: May 9, 11:17am 1 review environment, arts •http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/10...; <--

Endangered environmental treasures

CHN Photo Agency: May 9, 6:57am 1 review culture, history •http://www.chnphoto.ir/gallery.php?ga...; Documents of the uniting of man and woman!

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Exhibition of historical marriage certificates, National Archive Museum, Tehran

Persian Paintings of Behzad Hossein, Persian Miniaturist Master: May 7, 8:45pm 4 reviews painting, arts •http://www.persianpaintings.com/behza...; Miniatures by the great master Hossein Behzad (1894-1968)

"My study in various Iranian and foreign miniature styles aimed to create a new Iranian style conformed with the modern art. Miniature painting which had been turned to undesirable and unbecoming art, was gradually disappearing and I tried to bring a new style to save it from falling into oblivion." - Behzad

"On the occasion of the Avicenna millenium in 1953, an exhibition of Behzad's works was held at the Iran Bastan Museum which drew attention of orientalist guests from 64 countries. Turkish miniaturist and the professor of medicine Solheil Anvar wrote in an article in Vatan newspaper published in Istanbul:
'Behzad, this great artist belongs not only to Iran but also to the world.'"

"The French newspapers published many articles in praise of this Iranian artist."

Just a note that unless you read my previous posts on Persian Miniatures and poems, you may not understand the metaphysical connotations of these paintings.

Pixdaus: God Gave Us Pics!: May 6, 8:07pm 1 review forestry •http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=42863; Re: -->

4000-years-old cypress of Abarkouh

Merci Mahdiebrahimi

May 5, 3:36am

Virtue

Maxim 36, Gulistan ("The Rose Garden")

Even after falling into mud a jewel retains its costliness, and dust, although it may rise into the sky, is as contemptible as before. Capacity without education is deplorable and education without capacity is thrown away. Ashes are of high origin because the nature of fire is superior, but as they have no value of their own, they are similar to earth and the price of sugar arises not from the cane but from its own quality.

The land of Canaan having no natural excellence,
The birth of a prophet therein could not enhance its worth.
Display thy virtue if thou hast any, not thy origin.
The rose is the offspring of thorns and Abraham of Azer.

~ Saadi of Shiraz (1200-1292 AD)

Press TV - 2,200-year-old gemstones found in Iran: May 4, 8:02pm 1 review archaeology •http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=...; Symbols of hope, happiness and truth found

"Agates in various colors, ivory, opal and
rock crystal (Quartz) in many colors were used to
embellish the bracelets, necklaces and earrings."

Yarj discovery, photos from the Cultural Heritage News

More photos ..

Press TV - The Paradise gardens of Persia: May 4, 7:06am 3 reviews gardening •http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=...; Pairidaêza

Thank you my kind friend Nancy for this supplementary link to what I've covered in detail, with photos, in my archives.

Iran Chamber Society: Geography of Iran: History of Persian Gulf: May 4, 2:10am 1 review geography, history •http://www.iranchamber.com/geography/...; .

May 3, 12:41pm: Suez Canal Inscription
Darius named the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Pars (Pars = Persian)

I have translated the following article (source: CHN - Cultural Heritage News) from Persian:

Over 2000 years ago (more precisely about 480 BC), when Darius the Great [of ancient Iran] built the Darius Canal which eventually became known as the Suez Canal, he ordered an inscription to be engraved there in Egypt. That inscription contains the oldest reference in history to the Persian Gulf.

The Darius Canal connected the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean for the first time. The inscription of Darius, commemorating the engineering feat, is now held in the Louvre Museum of France.

The Suez Canal inscription is one of the most important documents that contains the name of Persian Gulf in an unambiguous manner.

That inscription, which manifestly declares the order of Darius the Great in digging the Canal, contains 12 lines and was written in the Old Persian language.

[...]

In the seventh line of the inscription the speech of Darius is stated as such:
"King Darius says I am a Parsi (Persian) from Pars (Persia). I ordered this waterway (canal) dug from the Piraveh River (Piraveh = ancient Persian for the Nile River) which flows in Egypt, by that connecting it towards the Sea of Pars (then known as the Sea of Persia--The Persian Gulf). Thus, I ordered this canal to be dug, and exactly as I specified it was dug, then the shipping convoy sailed from here, Egypt, to Pars (Persia) as I wished."

In the tenth line of the inscription the Ancient Persian words "Abi Darieh Tieh HechaParsa AeiTi" unambiguously refers to the "Sea of Persia" and there is no doubt whatsoever that the waterway called the Persian Gulf nowadays was then, in 500 BC, called the Sea of Persia.

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The Greeks referred to the Persian Gulf as "Persicus Sinus" for the first time, which corresponds the same meaning: the Persian Gulf.

Since the name Persian Gulf was written for the first time in valid historical documents by non-Persians, no racial bias can be ascribed to the naming.

Straben, the Greek historian of 1st century AD, has repeatedly used Persicus Sinus ("Persian Gulf") in his book to refer to the waterway. He mentioned that Arabs, on the other hand, lived between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (That is Arabian Peninsula - needless to mention Iran is separated from that Peninsula via the Persian Gulf.)

As well, Fladious Arianous (sp?), another Greek historian, in his book "The History of Alexander's warring adventures" refers to the waterway as "Persicun Keet" which corresponds to no other naming but the Persian Gulf.
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I must add that the British were the first to encourage the naming abuse among the Arabs in the past few decades. Their aim had been to turn this waterway into a strategic British waterway. Later, in the 1980s some Americans followed suit trying to turn this into an American Gulf. The way to achieve those objectives: encouraging the use of bogus name of Arabi?n Gulf.

A few years ago they encouraged The National Geography to abuse the naming. After massive Iranian boycott and petition all across the world * the Magazine corrected its mistake and apologized. Last year, the Louvre Museum, under Arab sponsorship abused the naming. This time, only one letter from Iran's cultural heritage official was sufficient to remind Louvre of the naming on the historical maps & documents in their possession, which made the Museum to adjust back to the civilized norm. Currently, the most serious Western abusers are the BBC and the Google Earth.

NO to the uneducated, unscientific norm for the same reason of calling the English Channel as the French Channel would be wrong.

The UN only uses the historically correct name Persian Gulf - and that is it.

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Art galleries of spiritual surrealism and mystical exhibition ofromantic and mod…

Apr 30, 7:57pm

13 reviews

fine-arts, painting, sufism •http://www.rassouli.com/

Metaphysical arts and conceptual paintings by Rassouli ..

.. "a contemporary Iranian artist whose sensual artwork is influenced by romantic expressionism, [Persian] Miniature paintings, Sufi occult and mystic [Iranian] poetry of Rumi and Hafez."

'Fountain of Grace'

In wide Eternity's vast space,
Where no beginning was, wert Thou:
The rays of all-pervading grace
Beneath Thy veil flamed on Thy brow.
Then Love and Nature sprang to birth,
And Life and Beauty filled the earth.
Awake, my soul! pour forth thy praise,
To that great Being anthems raise---
That wondrous Architect who said,
"Be formed," and this great orb was made.
Since first I heard the blissful sound--

'Ecstatic Dance'

O happy hour! when I shall rise
From earth's delusions to the skies,
Shall find my soul at rest, and greet
The traces of my loved one's feet:
Dancing with joy, whirled on with speed,
Like motes that gorgeous sunbeams feed,
Until I reach the fountain bright
Whence yonder sun derives his light.

'Soul's Journey'

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