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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.
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.
The Behistun inscription is considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Behistun Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, Modern Persian: بیستون; Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning "the god's place or land") is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun. [citation needed]
The Farhād Tarāsh (Persian: فرهاد تراش), or Tarāsh-e Farhād, [1] is a long smoothed rock surface on Mount Behistun in western Iran. Located near the famous Behistun Inscription, its height is around 30 meters and its width is around 200 meters. [1] The retaining wall in front of it is c. 150 meters. [1]
Mount Ararat is located approximately 120 kilometres ... In the Behistun Inscription (c. 522 BC) refer to Armenia and Armenians as synonyms of Urartu and Urartians. [36]
The heavily damaged inscription, written in the Old Phrygian language, is carved into Arslan Kaya or “Lion Rock”, a 2,600-year-old monument in western Turkey that features sphinx figures and ...
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.