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| WHAT IS PERUZELE |
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| Turquoise |
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| Turquoise' s Role in History, Culture, Religion |
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| Romanian word (noun) PERUZEA, plural PERUZELE(perousele) means TURQUOISE. The origin of the Romanian word can be traced down in history to its Persian roots: PIROOZI the name given to Turquoise, the name for Victory, and also the ancient name of PERSEPOLIS. |
| In Persian (turquoise) FIROUZEH or FEEROUZEH is a given name for girls. While FIROUZ(victorious) is a given name for boys. The original Persian word is actually PIROOZ/PIRUZ after a character in the legendary masterpiece of FERDOWSI |
| SHAHNAMEH (Epic of the KINGS) |
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| NOTE: Arabic changed the P with F. ex. ISFAHAN instead of ISPAHAN |
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| Apadana in Persepolis:grand staircase. @www.corbis.com/Gianni Dagli Orti |
| Ceramics in Green Tomb - Bursa, Turkey @www.corbis.com/ Adam Woolfitt |
| For spectacular pictures of arabesque art in Iranian cities, visit this site (artistic photographs with French text) |
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| BOOKS |
| MUSEUMS |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM of Archaelogy and Anthropology |
| ROYAL TUMBS OF SIPAN by Christopher B.Donnan University of Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995 (also in Spanish) TUMBAS REALES DE SIPAN |
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| LAS TUMBAS REALES DE SIPAN (site in Spanish and English) |
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| ROYAL TUMBS OF UR in UR homepage |
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| ISLAMIC CERAMIC MUSEUM |
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| Webpage design and content by Elena Malec. California , 2001. |
| The Friday Mosque, Isfahan, Iran @www.corbis.com |
| In close relation with turquoise is ultramarine or lapis lazuli One can admire these gems in books or museums around the world. |
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| Background music: L.de Narváez - Canción del Emperador. THE CLASSICAL ARCHIVES |
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