How Dinosaurs Dinosaurshopped Across an Ocean

No.562,Tuesday,26 July,2016 Head of Shush Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism office Saeed Di- narvand said that 5,900 foreign tourists from 42 world countries have vis- www.TOURISMpaper.com ited Shush monuments since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (beginning on March 20). Dinarvand told IRNA that the tourists visited monuments including Shush Castle and museum, Apadana, Shahr-e-Shahi, Acropole, Haft Tepe museum, Chogha Zanbil and Tomb of Daniel. He added that most of the visitors came from Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Ja- pan, Taiwan, Poland, the Czech Republic, Netherlands and Belgium.Shush Foreign Tour- 5,900 (Susa) is an ancient city of Iran, and one of the most important cities of the ists Visit Shush, Ancient Near East. It is located in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris River, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers. Khuzestan prov 10 Iranian cooking Gluten Free How ddinosaursinosaurs hopped Pomegranate Soup Today’s recipe is Vegetarian, Vegan, and Gluten Free! Sure the bite size meatballs in the regular Pomegranate Soup are deli- across an ocean cious,c but this version is just as delicious! Ingredients:I ■ 2 medium onions wo land bridges may have allowed Paul Sereno, a vertebrate paleontologist at kilometerskilometers across,” Brikiatis said.“Ovesaid.“Overr ■ 6 cloves garlic dinosaurs to saunter between Europe the University of Chicago, which revieweded time, the bridges may have sunk backback ■ 1 tsp turmeric T and North America around 150 million recent studies of vertebrates in the fossilssil below the sea.”Those land routes would ■ 1 cup yellow split peas years ago. record appearing on opposite sides of thehe havehave beenbeen somewhatsomewhat similarsimilar toto otherother ■ 1/2 cup rice The bridges would explain how dinosaurs, Atlantic said, “The routes allowed dinosaursurs ocean crossings, such as the Bering ■ 4 cups vegetable broth mammals and other animals were able to to foil plate tectonics’ plan to break up thehe land bridge humans traversed around ■ 10 cups water hop from one continent to the other after the world.”He added, “A continent can’t containain 23,00023,000 years ■ 1 cup pomegranate paste Atlantic Ocean formed during the breakup of a dinosaur; they’ll escape. This work high-h- ■ 2 cups parsley, packed the Pangaea supercontinent, sciencenews. lights two of the routes they took.” ■ 2 cups cilantro, packed org reported.Some species of Stegosaurus, Dinosaurs, including species of Super- ■ 2 cups mint, packed for instance, appear in the fossil record on saurus and Allosaurus, probably made ago between ■ 2 cups rough chopped chives or green both sides of the Atlantic.Leonidas Brikiatis, the transatlantic trek alongside turtles, lizardsds AsiaAsia and North America ■ onion an independent biogeographer in Palaio Fa- and early mammals.While the Atlantic Oceanan andand thethe modernmodern IsthmusIsthmus ofof Pan-Pan- ■ 2 tbsp ground Angelica liro, Greece, proposes that two strips of land was narrower back then, it was probably toooo ama that links North and SouthSouth ■ salt bridged North America and Europe during wide to swim across.Brikiatis used the dateses America.“TheAmerica.“The ancient bridge con-con- ■ olive oil the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous peri- of the relocations to establish a potential win-in- nectingnecting North America and Scan-Scan- ods.One bridge spanned from eastern Can- dow of time when the bridges existed andnd dinavia may have coexisted ada to the Iberian Peninsula, where Spain is considered potential crossings that mightght with another land route that today, and lasted from around 154 million to have existed at the time.The best contendersers connected Europe and whatwhat 151 million years ago.The other linked North are patches of relatively shallow water calleded wouldwould laterlater becomebecome Russia,Russia, America and Scandinavia from around 131 ocean shelves.“Tectonic activity could haveve allowingallowing migrationsmigrations across million to 129 million years ago, Brikiatis re- lifted these shelves above sea level, creat-at- much ofof the world,” Brikia- ports in the August Earth-Science Reviews. ing narrow strips of land around 80 to 16060 tistis proposed.proposed. Traces of Neolithic era Uncovered in Fars’ Bavanat County he first season of archaeolog- tive of the nomadic lifestyle of the planation of their functions, he added. ical excavations in Bavanat settlers.”He went on to add, “on the The archeologist noted the discovery T County in Fars province has deposits we discovered stratigraphic of a thermal structure in the trenches led to the discovery of 200 objects architecture including rooms and sev- that was most probably an open fur- with the oldest having traces back to eral other spaces that were painted nace used for clay firing.“By compar- the Neolithic era. Morteza Kha- ing the potteries obtained from Iranian NGOs slam Canada nipour, the leader of the archeo- this site to the ones discovered refusal for visa issuance logical team, said the Hermangan in Mushaki Hill, Jeri Teppe, Bashi, site located west of Jashnian and Kushk-e Hezar, one can say number of Iranian Non-Governmen- village in Bavanat county, Fars that the site dates back to the tal Organizations and activists have province, has been discovered in Neolithic era of Bashi archeologi- A issued a statement to protest Cana- April 2015.According to him, over cal site and the TMB workshop dian government’s refusal to grant them visa 50 per cent of the site has been of Mushaki.”He went on place to partake an international event in Montreal. completely demolished by farm- Hermangan archeological site The activists and NGO representatives ers and only a few parts of it have somewhere between 8100-7800 who had applied for visa to participate in remained.“The excavations have so in white clay, and the walls of two BC.Other unearthed objects during FSM2016 conference in Montreal were de- far led to the discovery of two settle- rooms that were painted red by using the excavations include stone tools nied visa by Canadian government. Many of ment phases,” Khanipour said. “In the ocher.”Due to unauthorized excava- such as microliths which indicate the activists had actively took part in previ- older phase, the lack of architecture tion, most of the rooms have been harvesting and agriculture, as well as ous edition of the conference in Tunisia last and the existence of several hearths destroyed, thus making it impossible protoliths that indicate the production year where they had significantly defended and scattered ash could be indica- to give an accurate and definite ex- of tools inside the settlement. rights of Palestinians during the event. he Governor General of Astrakhan, Russia, day dock at Ramsar. During the two-day trip, the delegation visited produc- said that due to the proximity of forest and sea, Referring to high tourism capacity of the west tion and industrial units of Mazandaran, held meeting T Ramsar is a remarkable place for tourism and of Mazandaran, Deputy Governor General of with governor general and meet with merchants and could be a main destination for Astrakhan’s tourists. Mazandaran province for Economic Affairs and Re- businessmen. Speaking on the sidelines of visiting Ramsar’s tourists sources Development, Hassan kheyrianpour said that Astrakhan ministers of Industry, Transport and Natural attractions, Alexander Zhilkin said that Ramsar has fa- West Mazandaran is regarded as a tourism hub and is Resources, agriculture and fisheries and Minister of vorable climate and beautiful natural scenery. capable of producing agricultural and garden products International and Foreign Economic Rela- On building a passenger ship in As- and flowers and plants as well. tions accompanied Alexander trakhan which will be ready to Zhilkin during this trip. be launched within two years, The Governor General of Astrakhan, Russia, head- Zhilkin said he hoped that the ing a 37-member trade-media delegation arrived in ship would one Mazandaran on Saturday to develop bilateral ties. Small dice onion and mince garlic. Sauté in olive oil until just past translucent. Add turmeric and give it a stir. Add split peas and rice. Give it a stir. Add broth and water. Season with salt and cook for half hour covered. In the mean time prep the herbs by rough chopping them. Spray a liquid measuring cup with cooking spray be- fore adding pomegranate paste to it. The spraying helps the paste come out easily and effortlessly. Add pomegranate paste to RRamsaramsar iiss aann IIdealdeal TTouristourist AAttraction:ttraction: the soup and mix well. Add chopped herbs and ground Angelica to the soup. Cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours on low. Make sure to stir the pot often so that the bottom of the soup does not burn. Also, along the AAstrakhanstrakhan GGovernorovernor way check and adjust seasoning..

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