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The United Nations' Hidden Foundation

How Zoroastrian Persia Built The Modern World Order (And Why There's A Replica at UN Headquarters) The Cyrus Cylinder Sitting In New York Tells A Story Nobody Teaches INTRODUCTION: The Artifact At The UN In the United Nations headquarters in New York, there's a replica of an ancient clay cylinder. Most people walking past don't know what it is.

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How Zoroastrian Persia Built The Modern World Order (And Why There's A Replica at UN Headquarters) The Cyrus Cylinder Sitting In New York Tells A Story Nobody Teaches INTRODUCTION: The Artifact At The UN In the United Nations headquarters in New York, there's a replica of an ancient clay cylinder. Most people walking past don't know what it is. Those who do know call it "the first declaration of human rights." What they don't know: This cylinder represents the Zoroastrian theological principles that built the entire modern international order. And the evidence has been sitting at the UN since 1971.

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