By Massoume Price, www.cultureofiran.com, March 2008
1350 - 1300 BC. Politically Influential Queen Napir Asu, Elam, Khuzistan
Wife of King Untash-Napirasha who built many great buildings and temples in the area including, the Choga Zanbil near Sush (Susa). Her well preserved and headless status was discovered at Susa and is currently at the Louvre Museum in Paris. She is dressed in the same outfit as the Elamite goddess Pinikir and very likely served and represented this divinity at the temple of Ninhursag where she was discovered.
Queen Napir Asu, 1350-1300 B.C.
Around 580s B.C. Aryenis, Queen Consort of Media Married to king Astyages of Media she was, according to Herodotus, the daughter of King Alyattes II of Lydia and the sister of King Croesus of Lydia. She was the mother of Mandane (Mandana) of Media and a probable Amytis, married to her nephew Cyrus the Great. She was also mother-in-law of Cambyses I of Anshan and maternal grandmother of Cyrus the Great. She was given in marriage to Astyages (reigned 585-550 BC) to seal a treaty between Cyaxares of Media and Alyattes II of Lydia, following the Battle of the Eclipse. Herodotus identified her as the mother of Mandane, but there is speculation that Mandane (the wife of Cambyses I of Anshan) may have been born to an earlier wife of Astyages.
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Iran is a country with enormous cultural and historical attractions which draw in landmark number of tourists in different seasons of the year, especially in spring and at time of Noruz, marking start of the New Year.
The attractions and beauties of the country are scattered in different parts and cities of it.
The most attractive tourist cities of the country are as follows:
ABYANEH
Being a village of great antiquity, Abyaneh is like a living architectural and anthropological museum.It affords an impressive exponent of adaptation of man with his environment.
It is located on the northwestern slope of Karkas Mountains, 20 kms away form Natanz.
Considering the evidence found in Abyaneh, it dates back to antiquity, but its golden age was during the Safavid period.
The village is expanded along the river, and its configuration indicates that the past people showed much consideration for security.
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By Dr. Majid Naini
Note: This article was published by Iran Times.
Bename Hazrate Eshghبنام حضرت عشق
Asheghan eidetan mobarak bad,عاشقان عیدتان مبارک باد
Eid bar asheghan mobarak bad.عید بر عاشقان مبارک باد
Eid ar booye jone ma darad,عید ار بوی جان ما دارد
Bar tou va bar jahan mobarak bad. بر تو وبر جهان مبارک باد
Spring’s onset blesses our planet with a revival of beauty, bounty, and new life. As nature’s rebirth begins, I hope our hearts and souls also bloom the new buds of love, compassion, and hope, which could bring about a much more peaceful, loving, and caring year for all of earth’s inhabitants. Unfortunately, last year our world was plagued with wars and violence. Many people, including innocent children, women, and men have been killed or injured. Countless others suffer from insufficient food, shelter, and medicine. I pray to Hazrate Eshgh (the God of love) that this coming Noruz will be a healthy, happy, prosperous, harmonious, and peaceful year for every living creature on our beautiful planet, especially for my fellow Iranians and everyone who celebrates Noruz. I hope that a magical divine ray of love, wisdom, and humanity will shine through the hearts of all people and their leaders. I wish this would miraculously warm their hearts and enlighten their souls to make a genuine effort for eternal peace on Earth.
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