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The Behistun Inscription (also Bisotun, Bisitun or Bisutun; Persian: بیستون, Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning "the place of god") is a multilingual Achaemenid royal inscription and large rock relief on a cliff at Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, established by Darius the Great (r.
Bisotun (Persian: بيستون) [a] is a city in, and the capital of, Bisotun District of Harsin County, Kermanshah province, Iran. [4] It also serves as the administrative center for Chamchamal Rural District .
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 24,793 in 5,758 households. [4] The following census in 2011 counted 23,305 people in 6,292 households. [5]
The Parthian Stone in Bisotun, Iran. The Parthian Stone [1] is a relief located in the ancient site of Bisotun in Kermanshah Province, Iran, a UNESCO world heritage site. It shows a Parthian king with a bowl in his left hand. It also has an inscription, which identities the king as Vologases.
Temple of the Medes is a temple constructed by Medes located in UNESCO World Heritage Site the ancient site of Bisotun city in Kermanshah province, Iran. this temple discovered by German Archeologists during 1963 till 1967. [1] this historical heritage listed as Iranian national heritages on March 10, 2002. [2]
A view of the Palace A Picture of Biston inscription. Behistun palace is a ruined Sassanid palace located in Bisotun, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Kermanshah, Iran.It faces the cliff with the much older Behistun inscription and rock relief, across the ancient road running between Behistun mountain and Behistun lake.
Mount Bisotoun (or Behistun and Bisotun) is a mountain of the Zagros Mountains range, located in Kermanshah Province, western Iran. It is located 525 kilometers (326 mi) west of Tehran . Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great
Bisitun Cave (also called "Hunter's cave", Bisotun [Farsi], Bisetoun [Kurdish], Bisitoun, or Behistoun) is an archaeological site of prehistoric human habitation in the Zagros Mountains in the Kermanshah province, north-west Iran.