Skyscrapers of ancient Persepolis .
Andre Willers
22 Nov 2014
Synopsis :
Sophisticated hydraulics enabled elevators , which made
multi-story dwellings possible . Also airconditioning , flush toilets , wash
basins , etc .
Discussion:
1.Elevator use was limited to VIP’s only , because of
security and expense . There was no general description broadcasting the rulers
magnificence .
2.The buildings were all at the maximal level for hydraulic
lifts . See Appendix A
3.The power came from the basements hydraulics . See
exploded view below .
2.See https://www.academia.edu/4038195/Administrative_realities_The_Persepolis_Archives_and_the_archaeology_of_the_Achaemenid_heartland
“Achaemenid
Empire
(c.550-330
BC).Itsancient name,Parsa,was
also used for Persepolis (Parsa-the-city, not"city Of the Persians") itself.
This area, the
Achaemenid heartland, comprises a series
Of northwest-southeast-orientedvalley systems and
some larger
intermontane
plains. A series
Of dams in the area northof Pasargadae;
rock-cut canals between Pasargadae and Persepolis; and sluices and extensive
canals in the Persepolis plain
All attest to a massive investment
Of energyand organizational power to bring the Achaemenid
heartlandundercultivation.”
The city was nestled in a
cradle of hydraulic pressure . Like Hydramawt or Firuzabad .
3.Air-cooling , flat roofs
and elevators .
Note that the evidence of the
surviving towers and roofs show a remarkable small slope .
Rain water was thriftily
collected in rooftop , tanks , then distributed as a fine spray to cool the hot
summer days . Also used for toilets .
Added by water from aquifers
, but this was expensive .
4. Air-conditioning cities .
The ancients were ahead of us
, only more so .
Look at the Gates . The fine
water spray from the top would cool the hot air just enough to create a feeling
of well-being .
They kept the effect secret .
Add some scents and it becomes only too believable . Any visitor feel good
without knowing why .
The PT Barnum effect .
5. Why hasn’t it been found
before ?
It has , many times . It
simply is swept under the carpet as not fitting the general narrative .
6.If you don’t believe
me , see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141118091343.htm
Major brain pathway rediscovered after century-old
confusion, controversy
"It was this massive
bundle of fibers, visible in every brain I examined," said Jason Yeatman,
a research scientist at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning
& Brain Sciences. "It seemed unlikely that I was the first to have
noticed this structure; however, as far as I could tell, it was absent from the
literature and from all major neuroanatomy textbooks."
It had been discovered before
in 1912 by Wernicke , forgotten , and any student who did a Oliver Twist got
canned . For a whole century . Ain’t science wonderful ?
7. How big must the drops be
to break up and aerosol ?
The surprise is that the
threshold it’s quite high : a
radius bigger than 0.3 cm . That is a
diameter of 6 mm . The drop will start fragmenting after falling about 2 cm , then aerosol and evaporate on a hot day .
So , look for channels on top
of the roof or pylons or gates with about 5 mm holes .
8. Music at certain frequencies
will greatly speed up the droplet formation by disrupting the droplet .
I suspect that if you check
these frequencies against typical Persian (or Middle-Eastern) music , you will
find a close match . Form follows function .
9. The pipes of ice-cream .
If the owner has a yen for
ice-cream , some poor slave had to play the pipe on the roof under the mist .
And you thought the Fiddler
on the roof had it tough .
10 Communications :
See Appendix A .
The underground water channels
made excellent secret long-distance communication systems . Every conqueror
then went out of his way to destroy them
and the nexi .
Which is why Alexander destroyed
Persepolis , and the Mongols wasted every quanat .
11.Cultural Terrorism as a
Dominance Mechanism .
It sounds so dry . Millions
of lives and dreams broken , smashed and kindled on a bonfire of the future .
It has been done deliberately
on other times .
But Alexander wanted to smash
the culture , and stomp on the twitching remains .
Which he did , as usual successfully
.
Persepolis is still a ruin .
“No more soft mist over the
pomegranate trees on the terraces .
The peaches have a sand core
and pips that watch with snake-eyes.”
Business as usual in one
moment .
And the next ?
Sic transit Gloria .
Don’t transit , use a LDV .
Deliveringly Yours
Andre
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Appendix A .
An excellent article ,
“Hydrological works had a
significant development under the Achaemenid (550-331 BC) and Sassanid rule
(224-602 AD). It
is highly possible that
Mesopotamia and the Iranian plateau are the regions where several kinds of
water
systems were first applied
and then spread in every direction: Middle East, Kopet-Dag, Indo, Arabia,
Greece
and possibly Egypt (Spooner
1974)”
This also includes Hydramawt
.
Note that 70-80 feet height
approached the limits of hydraulic elevators .
The surviving Persepolis
pillars are of that height .
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UNDERGROUND WATER GALLERIES
IN MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA
survey of historical
documents and archaeological studies
Renato Sala
Laboratory of
Geo-archaeology, Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan:
ispkz@nursat.kz
Summary
1 - Surface and underground
water systems in history
1.1 - Surface water systems
1.2 - Underground water
systems
2 – Technical and social
features of the karez of the Iranian plateau
2.1 - The aquifer
2.2 - The building of a karez
2.3 - The aerial lattice of
canals
2.4 - Social and cultural
aspects
3 – Karez in Central Asia and
Kazakhstan
4 - Karez of the Turkestan
oasis (KZ)
4.1 - Historical documents
and first archaeological studies: the karez of Sauran and Turkestan medieval
towns
4.2 - Recent discoveries of
new karez: Chernak. Babaikorgan, Karashik
4.3 - Geo-hydrological considerations
concerning the karez of the Turkestan oasis
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