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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.
The provinces of Peru (Spanish: provincias) are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts (Spanish: distritos ). There are 196 provinces in Peru , grouped into 25 regions , except for Lima Province which does not belong to any region.
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
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.
Lima (/ ˈ l iː m ə / ⓘ LEE-mə; locally), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (locally [sjuˈdat de los ˈreʝes], Spanish for "City of Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking ...
The Statue of Hercules in Behistun (or Statue of Heracles/Herakles in Bisotun, Persian: تندیس هرکول) is located on Mount Behistun, Iran. It was discovered in 1958, [ 1 ] and is the only extant rock sculpture from the period of Seleucid control over the Iranian Plateau , that lasted from c. 312 BC to c. 140/139 BC.
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 .
The city's industrial sector has the largest nationwide diversification [93] and is the second most industrialized city of Peru. [6] After two major earthquakes in 1958 and 1960, with the law of the "Rehabilitation and Development Board of Arequipa", an industrial complex was built with one of the first factories being the Yura cement factory ...