The Crucible: The Ram with Two Horns

The ram which you saw with two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.  (Dan 8:20) As the Aryans migrated to the lands of their neighbours, they did not displace the original inhabitants. When the Persian Aryans eventually settled the southern Iran plateau, the area was populated by the Elamites with whom the Persians integrated. An examination of the present linguistic composition of Iran reveals that other, non Indo-Iranian linguistic groups are interspersed among Persian linguistic groups. Where was the original honeland of the Persians? Aria? Time for a closer look.