[gothic-l] Re: Sarmatians and Goths in Poland

[Xoxana at WEBTV.NET]

     It is easy to look at the modern people of Iran and Afghanistan and
assume that the ancient Iranians were a swarthy people.  This is not
true. It is a little known fact that at one time Iranians occupied huge
tracts of Central Asia, southern Russia, and the Ukraine. The Iranians
who invaded Iran set up a caste system based on color, just as the
Aryans did in India. Only the one in Persia didn't last long. The
Iranians did not originate in Iran.  The legends of the ancient Persians
said that they originated in a land where winters lasted 10 months and
where darkness lasted for months in the winter.  Archaeologists have
traced the Indo-Aryans to the Andronovo Culture of Kazakhstan and
Russia. Their physical type was northern European. The Chinese came into
contact with an Iranian people they called the Yueh-Jï and described
them as being white with green eyes and red hair. Later, they invaded
India, where they were known as the Kushans, Ephthalites, or White Huns.
Ancient sources describe the Alans, or Sarmatians, as being
yellow-haired.
The Ossetes of the Caucausus are descendants of the Alans, although most
of them look like other people of the region today.
Stalin is believed to have been an Ossete.  I read a strange book once
that claimed that the name Allen comes from Alans who came to Britain.
I don't know about that.
http://www.delphi.com/ancientnordics

http://community.webtv.net/Xoxana/AMAZINGNEW
http://community.webtv.net/Xoxana/RamesesTheGreata


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