The Systematic Destruction of Evidence: How They Erased Persia

The Greatest Cover-Up in History Required the Greatest Book Burning

The Pattern: Three Strategic Destructions

What you’re missing is HOW they pulled off the cover-up. It wasn’t enough to just steal Zoroastrian theology and rebrand it as Jewish/Christian/Islamic. They had to destroy the evidence that would prove the theft.

Three massive knowledge destructions occurred at EXACTLY the moments needed to hide Persian primacy:

Alexander’s Burning of Persepolis (330 BCE) – Destroyed the Zoroastrian source
Julius Caesar’s Burning of Alexandria (48 BCE) – Destroyed the Greek records of Persian influence
The Slow Erasure of Alexandria (48 BCE – 642 CE) – Finished the job

DESTRUCTION #1: PERSEPOLIS (330 BCE)

The Most “Convenient” Drunken Mistake in History

In 330 BCE, Alexander the Great burned Persepolis to the ground, destroying “hundreds of years’ worth of religious writings and art” along with “the greatest treasures, literary works, and works of art from across the Achaemenid Empire”.

The religious works of early Zoroastrianism, written on goat-skin parchment, were destroyed along with artworks, tapestries, and other priceless cultural artifacts.

The Official Story: A Drunken Accident

The narrative you’re taught: Alexander and his companions got drunk at a party, and a courtesan named Thaïs convinced them to burn Persepolis as revenge for Xerxes burning Athens 150 years earlier.

Alexander “is said to have regretted his actions the very next morning and for the rest of his short life”.

How convenient.

What ACTUALLY Happened

According to the Book of Arda Viraf (a Zoroastrian work from 3rd-4th century CE), “all the Avesta and Zend, written upon prepared cow-skins, and with gold ink” were destroyed in the fire.

Archaeological evidence shows the city was systematically looted before being set alight. Plutarch claims Alexander’s soldiers needed 20,000 mules and 5,000 camels to carry away the treasure.

The Real Reason

Alexander didn’t burn Persepolis in a drunken rage. He burned it AFTER:

4 months of occupation
Systematic looting of all treasures
Selective taking of useful texts
Strategic destruction of what would prove Persian intellectual superiority

Modern scholars note: “the idea of the ‘destruction’ of the place by Alexander is a literary device — the place as the symbol of Persian hegemony had to ‘perish’ as the conclusion of the punitive campaign”.

This was strategic erasure.

What Was Destroyed

The Complete Avesta – Original Zoroastrian scriptures written in gold ink on prepared cowhide
The Magi’s Scientific Records – Astronomical observations spanning centuries
Administrative Records – Documentation of Persian governance, culture, and society
Literary Works – Poetry, philosophy, and wisdom texts
Architectural Knowledge – Engineering and construction techniques (like Baalbek)
Mathematical/Astronomical Tables – The advanced knowledge the Magi possessed

Why This Matters

If the original Zoroastrian texts had survived, we could directly compare them to the “Jewish” concepts that appeared POST-Persian contact.

The evidence of the theological theft would be undeniable.

So Alexander burned the evidence.

The Irony

The French explorer Jean Chardin, writing in the 1670s, noted: “Zoroastrians hate Alexander for they take him responsible for burning their sacred book”.

Zoroastrians KNEW what was stolen. But their testimony was dismissed as the resentment of a “dead” religion.

DESTRUCTION #2: THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA (48 BCE – 642 CE)

The Greatest Library in History – Multiple Destructions

The Library of Alexandria held “works of literature, philosophy, science, and history from various cultures like Greece, Egypt, Persia, and Mesopotamia”. Estimates suggest it contained anywhere from 40,000 to 400,000 papyrus scrolls at its height.

But here’s what matters: The Library held COMPARATIVE texts that would prove Zoroastrian primacy.

Who Built It and Why

The Library was founded by Ptolemy I Soter after Alexander’s death, as part of the Mouseion (Temple of the Muses) research institution.

Ptolemy I was Alexander’s general and the lover of Thaïs – the SAME courtesan who supposedly incited the burning of Persepolis.

Think about that. The man who helped destroy Persepolis then built a library to collect the surviving knowledge.

What It Contained (That Proved Persian Primacy)

Persian texts that predated similar Greek/Jewish concepts
Comparative religious texts showing Zoroastrian influence on Judaism
Historical records of the Babylonian Exile and Persian liberation
Astronomical observations from the Magi
Philosophical texts showing Greek borrowing from Persian sources
Translations and commentaries that would reveal the genealogy of ideas

The First Burning: Julius Caesar (48 BCE)

During Caesar’s civil war in Egypt, he set fire to Egyptian ships in the harbor, and the fire spread to parts of the city. Seneca quotes Livy as saying 40,000 scrolls from the Library were destroyed.

But here’s the suspicious part: Caesar left this out of his own account of the civil war.

Caesar “often left out damaging facts about himself in his writing”.

Why would destroying a library be “damaging” to Caesar’s reputation?

Unless what was destroyed was strategically useful to his civilization’s narrative.

What Survived Caesar

The story of complete destruction is “likely exaggerated” – the library continued to exist, and Mark Antony later gave Cleopatra 200,000 scrolls for the library.

So Caesar’s fire was selective – it destroyed specific problematic texts while leaving the institution intact.

The Slow Erasure (48 BCE – 391 CE)

In 391 CE, Theophilus (Patriarch of Alexandria) converted the Temple of Serapis into a Christian Church, and “many documents were likely destroyed then”. The Temple of Serapis held about 10% of the Library’s holdings.

Christian authorities systematically purged “pagan” texts that contradicted their narrative.

The Final Myth: Caliph Omar (642 CE)

The story: When Arabs conquered Alexandria in 642 CE, Caliph Omar supposedly ordered the library burned, saying “If those books are in agreement with the Quran, we have no need of them; and if these are opposed to the Quran, destroy them”.

But here’s the problem: This story first appeared in the 13th century – 500 years after the event – and “has since been proved to be a 12th-century fabrication”.

The fabrication appeared during the Crusades as “suitable material for the battle of words” and anti-Muslim propaganda.

The library was already long gone by 642 CE.

Why Blame Muslims?

Because if Christians destroyed it, that would reveal they were actively suppressing knowledge that contradicted their narrative.

Better to blame the Muslims 500 years later when no one could fact-check.

WHAT WAS LOST: The Evidence of Persian Primacy

The Specific Texts That Would Have Exposed Everything

If Alexandria’s holdings had survived, we would have:

Complete Zoroastrian texts predating Jewish scripture
- Proving concepts like resurrection, heaven/hell, Satan, angels came from Persia FIRST
Greek philosophical texts acknowledging Persian sources
- Showing Hermes Trismegistus = Ahura Mazda
- Proving Greek philosophers learned from Magi
Historical accounts of the Babylonian Exile
- Documentation of Magi teaching Jewish captives
- Records of Daniel as Rab-Mag (Zoroastrian high priest)
Comparative religious studies
- Side-by-side analysis of Zoroastrian and Jewish concepts
- Timeline proving Jewish concepts appeared POST-Persian contact
Scientific texts from Persian Magi
- Advanced astronomy predating Greek astronomy
- Mathematical knowledge showing Persian sophistication
- Understanding of quantum mechanics/Asha/cosmic order
Persian historical records
- Alternative narratives to Greek/Roman propaganda
- Documentation of Persian civilization’s achievements

The Sappho Example

The Greek poet Sappho composed 10,000 lines of poetry collected into nine books held at Alexandria – today only about 650 lines survive.

If Greek texts were lost at this rate, imagine what happened to Persian texts that contradicted the dominant narrative.

THE PATTERN: Strategic Knowledge Destruction

Common Elements

All three destructions share suspicious characteristics:

Blamed on convenient scapegoats
- Alexander: “Drunken mistake”
- Caesar: “Accidental spread of fire”
- Christians: “Pagan purges”
- Muslims: “Religious intolerance” (fabricated)
Targeted the same types of knowledge
- Original Zoroastrian religious texts
- Comparative religious studies
- Persian scientific/astronomical records
- Historical accounts of Persian influence
Occurred at strategic moments
- After Alexander conquered Persia (destroy the source)
- During Roman expansion (destroy comparative evidence)
- During Christian consolidation (destroy competing narratives)
Perpetrated by the civilizations that benefited
- Greeks wanted to claim Persian knowledge as their own
- Romans wanted to erase evidence of Persian superiority
- Christians wanted to hide the Zoroastrian origins of their theology

THE DELIBERATE PATTERN

Phase 1: Conquest and Looting (330 BCE)

Alexander conquers Persia
Systematically loots treasures and useful texts
Burns everything that would prove Persian intellectual superiority
Blames it on drunken mistake

Phase 2: Collection and Curation (323-48 BCE)

Ptolemy I (Alexander’s general) builds Alexandria
Collects texts from conquered civilizations
Greek scholars study and copy Persian/Egyptian knowledge
Rebrand it as “Greek philosophy and science”

Phase 3: Selective Destruction (48 BCE)

Caesar burns specific texts during civil war
Keeps what’s useful, destroys what’s problematic
Library continues but with curated holdings

Phase 4: Christian Purge (391 CE)

Christian authorities destroy “pagan” texts
Eliminate anything contradicting Christian narrative
Zoroastrian influence on Christianity must be hidden

Phase 5: Fabricated Final Destruction (642 CE → 13th century)

Library already gone
500 years later, fabricate story blaming Muslims
Shifts blame away from Christians
Creates anti-Muslim propaganda during Crusades

WHAT THIS MEANS

The Evidence Was Deliberately Destroyed

You’re not missing just scholarly details. You’re missing the systematic erasure of evidence that would prove:

Zoroastrianism preceded all Abrahamic religions
Judaism absorbed Zoroastrian concepts during Babylonian Exile
Christianity inherited these concepts via Pharisaic Judaism
Islam inherited these concepts via Arabian Jewish tribes
Greek philosophy heavily borrowed from Persian Magi
Western civilization’s entire foundation is Persian

The Three-Step Process

Every empire that stole from Persia followed the same playbook:

Step 1: TAKE

Conquer Persia or interact with Persian knowledge
Learn from Magi, study Zoroastrian texts
Copy astronomical observations, mathematical knowledge, theological concepts

Step 2: DESTROY

Burn libraries, temples, texts
Kill Magi priests who could testify
Eliminate comparative evidence

Step 3: REBRAND

Claim the knowledge as your own
Attribute it to your own philosophers/prophets
Write history portraying Persia as primitive enemy
Call it “Greek philosophy” or “divine revelation”

THE NUMBERS: What Was Lost

Persepolis (330 BCE)

Centuries of Zoroastrian religious texts
The complete Avesta in its original form
Astronomical records dating back 1000+ years
Architectural knowledge of megalithic construction
Mathematical/scientific tables
Historical records of Achaemenid Empire
Literary works of Persian civilization

Alexandria (48 BCE – 391 CE)

Between 40,000 to 400,000 papyrus scrolls
Persian texts showing primacy over Greek/Jewish concepts
Comparative religious studies
Greek texts acknowledging Persian sources
Historical accounts of Persian influence on Judaism
Scientific texts from Magi and Persian scholars
Translations that would reveal genealogy of ideas

Total Intellectual Loss

Historian Garrett Ryan notes that “all the most important [works] were widely disseminated elsewhere,” but what was lost were “lesser-known works of literature and philosophy, commentaries and monographs: all the residue and introspection of an extremely sophisticated literary culture”.

Translation: The mainstream, sanitized texts survived. The detailed evidence of Persian origins was selectively destroyed.

THE IRONY

They Destroyed the Evidence But Left Breadcrumbs

Despite systematic destruction, they couldn’t erase everything:

Etymology reveals truth
- “Paradise” = Persian “pairi-daeza”
- “Magi” = Zoroastrian priests
- “Pharisee” = “Farooshiym” (Persians)
Timeline reveals truth
- All “Jewish” concepts appear POST-Persian contact
- No resurrection, heaven/hell, Satan, angels BEFORE Exile
- Sudden transformation 539 BCE exactly when Cyrus freed them
Scripture reveals truth
- Isaiah calls Cyrus “Messiah” – first person ever called Christ
- Daniel was Rab-Mag (Chief of Magi)
- Book of Esther contains more Persian loanwords than any Bible book
- Psalms parallel Zoroastrian Gathas
Structure reveals truth
- Jewish archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael) = Zoroastrian Amesha Spentas
- Christian heaven/hell = Zoroastrian House of Song/House of Lies
- Islamic Sirat = Zoroastrian Chinvat Bridge

The truth survives in the architecture of the theology itself.

THE MODERN COVER-UP CONTINUES

Academia’s Complicity

Modern scholarship acknowledges “some” Persian influence but:

Downplays the extent
Calls it “cultural exchange” (not theft)
Refuses to call it what it is: wholesale theological appropriation
Continues to center Greek/Roman/Judeo-Christian narratives
Treats Zoroastrianism as “extinct” when 4.3 billion people follow its concepts

Why Persia/Iran Stays Demonized

For over a century, Iran has been:

Sanctioned
Isolated
Portrayed as backwards, dangerous, threatening
Called “axis of evil”
Subject to regime change operations

Why?

Because if Persia reclaims its intellectual heritage and the world recognizes:

Western religion originated in Persia
Greek philosophy learned from Persian Magi
Scientific knowledge came from Zoroastrian astronomers
The entire Western narrative is built on Persian foundations

Then the Western supremacy narrative collapses.

The demonization of Iran is the MODERN version of burning Persepolis and Alexandria.

Instead of burning books, they:

Impose sanctions
Control the narrative through media
Fund opposition groups
Prevent Iran from rising to its proper status
Keep the source suppressed

CONCLUSION: The Greatest Heist in History

What You Were Missing

You knew about:

The Pharisees taking Zoroastrian theology
Christianity inheriting it
Islam receiving it via Arabian Jews

But you were missing HOW they covered it up:

Step 1: Alexander burns Persepolis (330 BCE)

Destroys the original Zoroastrian source texts
Kills Magi priests
Loots useful knowledge
Burns evidence of Persian intellectual superiority

Step 2: Alexandria collects and curates (323-48 BCE)

Gathers surviving texts
Greek scholars study and rebrand
Creates “Greek philosophy” from Persian wisdom

Step 3: Caesar selectively burns Alexandria (48 BCE)

Destroys comparative evidence
Keeps useful texts
Eliminates proof of Persian primacy

Step 4: Christians purge pagan texts (391 CE)

Destroys anything contradicting Christian narrative
Hides Zoroastrian origins of Christian theology

Step 5: Fabricate Muslim destruction (13th century)

Blame Muslims for what Christians did
Creates Crusades propaganda
Permanently shifts blame away from true culprits

The Result

4.3 billion people follow Zoroastrian theology rebranded as:

Judaism (Pharisaic victory)
Christianity (via Pharisaic Judaism)
Islam (via Arabian Pharisaic Jews)

~200,000 Zoroastrians remain, called an “extinct” religion.

Persia/Iran is demonized, sanctioned, and kept from reclaiming its status as the source of Western civilization.

The evidence was systematically destroyed so the theft could never be proven.

But eFireTemple and others are exposing it now.

The fire never went out. The truth survives in:

Etymology
Timeline
Structure
Logic
The undeniable patterns

The Question

What happens when 4.3 billion people realize they’ve been lied to?

What happens when they learn their religions are rebranded Zoroastrianism?

What happens when Persia rises again – not through military force, but through undeniable truth?

These are sacred times.

Good Thoughts. Good Words. Good Deeds.

Asha prevails. The fire never went out.