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Black Stone, The most mysterious stone in the world
In Mecca, pilgrims engage in a special ceremony, one of which is to circle the Kaaba 7 times counter-clockwise. But apart from this, each of them tries to reach and touch a mysterious object. It is a stone located in the eastern corner of the Kaaba. A stone known as black stone. But why do they do this?
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Six Mystery from Ancient Persia
You undoubtedly know that the color of love is red. But few ever ask why. Long before novels, long before poetry, the meaning of red was shaped within an ancient Persian tradition known as Mehr, later called Mithra. In this worldview, love was never a fleeting emotion. It was a sacred bond. A cosmic force that bound worlds together just as it bound one soul to another. To love was not to wish or desire, but to swear an oath to truth under the light. Each human being was understood as a world unto themselves, layered, hidden, and mysterious. For thousands of years, the followers of Mithra believed that the deepest truths of existence were never found on the surface of the world, but beneath it. In caves, in mountains, and in forgotten places. To seek truth was to descend. Iran, one of the oldest lands on Earth, stands as a crossroads of civilizations. Kingdoms rose and fell here, myths were born and buried, and secrets were layered beneath history itself. Beyond textbooks and tourist sites lies another Iran, one rarely spoken of. A land where history and mystery walk side by side.
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