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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
The Shah Abbasi Caravansarai is a historical caravanserai located in Bisotun in Kermanshah Province, Iran. This caravanserai was listed as an Iranian national heritage on August 4, 1974. [1] The caravanserai of Bisotun was constructed by order of Shah Abbas I. There is an inscription from Shah Suleiman. [2]
Headwater of Bisotun is a historical Headwater which located in the Ancient site of Bisotun city in Kermanshah Province of Iran. [1] this Headwater listed in Iranian national heritages list on March 16, 2002. it also listed as Iranian national natural heritages on July 25, 2009. Headwater of Bisotun also irrigates nearby farms. [2]