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How to pronounce silybum in English?

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Hi guys, hope you're all well and good
Today, I've come here to Nurabad, Mamasani
Right now I'm in Akbari Village (188 km north west of Shiraz)
I'm here with a friend, Mr. Vahid
Hello, hi everyone
to explore this area for two days
This area has some ancient relics and a beautiful natural environment
We'll show you the area
This tree here, is a tamarix tree (also called taray)
It's full of bees
it has a great scent
And according to Mr. Vahid, it's very useful
The small trees are raspberry
and these are tamarix and that's a willow
These are the three types of trees you can find in this forest here
Let's go towards Sarab Siah Wetland
Let's go see it
OK, we're near the wetland it's called Sarab Siah
This is a great place
There are many springs here, coming out of the underground
You see it's all reed bed
This is one of the springs
You can see the wetland better from this angle
This place is really beautiful
The water comes out from under the mountain
and creates the wetland
and leads to the plain there which gets used by people
It was around 2 kilometers before
up to those mountains in the back
but now, some parts are dry
It's really beautiful
Wish you guys were here, what a place
The plain is all green, they have wheat here now
and after that, it'd be all rice here
But really, it's such a beautiful and pretty place
Hello to everyone
Right now, we're in this area that is called Sarab Siah in Persian
or as locals call it "Sarose"
This place was in the path to reach Persepolis and Shush
according to Mr. Hassan Habibi Fahliani, in his book "Mamasani & Rostam: The History"
There were 5 Achaemenid cities in Nurabad and Rostam
and one of the cities were in this area
and based on the documentations found later,
like old dishes and containers found in the water
it's speculated that the city just went under water after some time
And the rest, like the city in Gachgarun, or the one in Lidoma, which is famous,
and some others
they were all on the path to Persepolis and Shush
A pristine nature and landscape
hopefully a great tourist attraction, with friendly and lovely people
Wish you guys were here, we're sitting under a jujube tree
and Mr. Vahid has made some lunch
And this is Mr. Afshin, Vahid's cousin
and as always, because of me, he made a vegan dish,
What do have for lunch Mr. Vahid?
Locals call this it "Lizak"
but the scientific name I think is "Bon Sorkh"
It grows on mountains, at very high altitudes
Good, good, enough bro that's too much, thanks
- It's the food of the season - Thank you very much
Great
Now we want to head to Anjeeri Spring
First we'll go there and then there's a tomb in the mountain
which looks like the Achaemenid tombs in Naqshe Rostam
and then... where will we go Vahid?
We'll go to Paytof Waterfall
- Today, guys are here, really appreciate it - You're very welcome
Mr. Afshin and Mr. Vahid
Let's see what's there to see
But really, this place is beautiful
And the aerial footage was just great, thanks to Vahid who recorded them
Right now, we're in the border of Fars and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Provinces
The sign there, that is the border
It's Fars Province on the other side
and right now we're in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province
And this is Gachsaran Road
It's a pure and beautiful place
This is Anjeeri Spring (Cheshme Anjeeri)
This is its first pool
comes out from under the mountain here
and kids are having fun and swimming here
And there are a few people down there
What a place, the water is great here
Most of the water comes out from under this mountain
but sadly even here, people don't really pay attention
and litter like crazy
and this place gets really crowded and busy
Don't know what to say really
People who come here, to the nature,
please don't litter
Nobody comes here to pick after you and the trash would be here for years
Please don't litter in nature, thanks
Now, after Anjeeri Spring, we're in this village
we're going to see the Madaro Dokhtar Tomb
What is the name of this village? Moraskhoon?
We're in Moraskhoon Village
And there's a spring here, comes out of the ground
This place is one of the most beautiful areas in Fars Province
Nurabad, Mamasani and Rostam Areas
With many rivers, waterfalls and springs
Great natural environment, words can't describe it
Really beautiful place
Let's go to the Madaro Dokhtar Tomb (literally: mother and daughter tomb)
And locals call it... what?
Dey Doo'ar, "Dey" means mother and "Doo'ar" means daughter
Dey Doo'ar
The tomb is nearly 200 meters (600 ft) higher than ground
And we still don't know which historical period was it built in
Some say 200 to 250 years before the Achaemenid period
and some say it belongs to a local ruler who lived in the Achaemenid period
and some say it's related to Ariobarzanes of Persis
If you look closely, this tomb doesn't really
look like the tombs of Achaemenid kings in Naqshe Rostam
You can observe this based on the four columns near the entrance
The tomb has two floors
First storey is visible and the arrow shows windows of the second one
Let's get to the next destination
Where are we going Vahid? Where are you taking us Vahid?
We're going to Paytof Waterfall, right behind the mountain there
It's an amazing area, will go there and you record it and see
This area is after Tange Chogan
that I'll show you in the previous videos, the rock reliefs there
The climate is similar here
I mean it'll get warm and hot here in one or two months
and the best time to come here is early spring (Farvardin and Ordibehesht)
like middle Ordibehesht
and late winters
Has a great weather
Chahartaq Village
Vahid didn't tell me how it was here on top of the waterfall
So I had no plans to come here and stay for a while, to get to the top
But...
the path was really beautiful, with many old villages
they built their houses with stones, saw it on the way here
In order to get here before it's dark and record the waterfall, I quickly came up, didn't stop in the way
The village is like this as well
I'll show you later, first let's see the waterfall, it's really beautiful
It's one of the most beautiful waterfalls I've ever seen, amazing
Shahrokh, one of the native kids of the village
Let's go see the village up close
We were supposed to stay the night in a koomeh (hut)
but it's not ready yet,
the door and the walls are still not ready so I'll stay the night here, in this room
Good morning from Nurabad, Mamasani
Akbari Village, yep
Well- last night I was so tired, that I just went to sleep instantly
I was in deep sleep
Where are we going today?
One is 4500 year-old rock reliefs, from the Elamite period (500 BC)
and another one are rock reliefs from the Sassanid period
and nature-wise, we're gonna go up on a hill and see the whole area
All the Rostam area
Now we're on top of this mountain
What a beautiful view
There's a wetland we visited yesterday
OK, this is a medicinal herb What is this called Mr. Vahid?
Locals call it "Halpa"
It's very bitter tasting
used to disinfect wounds and such
There are other medicinal herbs on the sides of the road
Mr. Vahid will tell us what are their usages
Locals call this "Khar Khangaloo"
Also known as milk thistle or "silybum marianum" (Khar Maryam)
The inside is open and there's a seed inside
and it's useful to make liver medicine
I mean it's the basis of all liver medicines,
the seed of this flower
This seed can clean up the toxication caused by toxic mushrooms
You can eat this to detoxify
Great
You can find everything here in these plains and mountains
From here, we'll go to Goorangoon rock relief
and visit other places on the way
I'm on my way back to Nurabad
We're in Goorangoon Village now
to see the Elamite rock relief
Here's the village and the beautiful nature
They are farming wheat and barley
and behind me, there's the rock relief on top of the mountain
Not on the top, but on the hills here
Let's go see it
This is Fahlian River
They are washing the sheep and crossing them across the river down there
It's the sheep shearing season
They are washing them to clean them to cut off their wool
Right now we're on top of the Elamite structure
Here
Let me go that way a little
so you can see the walls
Here
You can clearly see the walls here, there was a Elamite structure here
you can see the ground as well
The structure I mentioned was here, which I showed you on the top
And then there was this staircase all the way down here
And there was a landing here
unfortunately it's mostly gone and there's this gap here now
and here's the rest of the stairs
This demonstrates that this place was an important place
Many people used to come here,
and it was used as a place of worship or something similar
Back then, water was plenty in this place and it had a good climate
Right now it's still good but it was even better back then
Right now you can see how the river is
and it's clear that how wide was the river back then
There was much more water here, remember, we're talking about 4500 years ago
This area was important, there was life here
and found cities here
This rock relief is mostly ruined and gone
It's very very old, so it's a good thing that we can still see some reliefs on the rock
Right across this rock relief,
the place, indicated by the white arrow
is the ancient city of Lidoma
which was excavated few years ago, in the 2000s
They found Achaemenid columns and capitals there
But for some unknown reasons,
maybe lack of money or other reasons,
it was sent under the ground again to preserve it
Vahid explained about this city yesterday
There were few cities between Persepolis and Shush
and these cities are all cited in the Achaemenid ancient tablets
Lidoma was one of them
which was a resort for Achaemenid kings
when they were on their way from Persepolis to Shush or vice versa
There are a few more cities, sadly none of them are excavated yet
We're in Nurabad right now
Before that we went to Vahid's house and had lunch there
and showered there
I'm here to show you another ancient relic
which is not that well-known
Mostly locals here know about this place, where it is and what is is
The structure here that we just approached
is known as "Mile Ejdeha" (literally: The Rod of the Dragon)
It's not clear how old this is
but it's very similar to the Cube of Zoroaster in Naqshe Rostam
and Prison of Solomon in Pasargadae
Some say this was an Achaemenid building
and some say it was built in the Parthian period
There was a fire pot on top
When this place was registered as a national heritage site
the fire pot was moved to the National Museum, Tehran
and it's still in the museum
These parts are repaired and restored with new blocks of stone
Mr. Vahid just said that there, that is an ancient hill
behind the hill, was a large spring
that unfortunately it's dried out since 10-15 years ago
according to him, it was a large mass of water
And this fire temple was right beside the water
if we may call it a fire temple
Two of the guys who were sitting here
want to tell us about the story, history or maybe the mythical tale
behind the name of this structure, "Mile Ejdeha" (The Rod of the Dragon)
Let's hear them out
My name is Alireza Soleymani, I live here, in Nurabad
People tell an old story about this Mile Ejdeha here
They say there was a dragon here (by dragon, they mean a giant snake)
that attack and eat the sheep and cattle of the locals
The dragon also had a child
The locals here killed the dragon, they didn't know that it had a small baby snake
And this pass here is even called the Dragon Pass or Madar Dokhtar Pass
by Tilash you mean baby snake?
yeah yeah, the baby snake
So we call this The Rod of the Dragon and the pass, the Pass of the Dragon
This was built here in the remembrance of the giant snake (the mother) and its offspring
And a mother and her daughter used to live up there as well, strangers,
that's why it's called Madar Dokhtar (literally: "Mother and Daughter")
It's a historical relic from Parthian period
- Thank you very much - You're very welcome
Thank you guys
We were going to Sarab Bahram, just saw that there's a convention here;
A horse riding convention
Let's go check it out
What an exciting start!
What a solid effort and movement by this beautiful stallion
Stop the music
Please give a round of applause
Sarab-e Bahram
This rock relief depicts Bahram II, a Sassanid king
Bahram II is in the middle
and four prominent figures of the Sassanid period around him
One of them is Kartir, indicated by the arrow (an influential Zoroastrian priest of that era)
If you've paid attention in the previous videos and this video,
all these rock reliefs that I show you,
were all near a spring or a river
which shows that water was an important element in the ancient times
that's why all of these rock reliefs were made near water
One spring here
and that's another spring that comes out from there
We visited the nature and ancient relics of Nurabad in the last two days
with dear Mr. Vahid here, he did a lot for me here
Of course, you're welcome
I bothered him a lot, took him everywhere
My pleasure, no problem man
I put his Instagram in the description, if you want come around here
make sure to contact him before
I think it's better to have a local guide when you want to go anywhere
Guides know the places and locations, so you'd find them easier
and can talk to the locals
and can communicate with them easier and help you do what you want to do
There are many more places that I should show you,
can't really fit them all in one video
I'll be back here again for sure to show more of this area
Stay tuned for next videos, see you in the next video
Goodbye