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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
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, the longest and perhaps the most famous of the Achaemenid royal inscriptions.. The Achaemenid royal inscriptions are the surviving inscriptions in cuneiform script from the Achaemenid Empire, dating from the 6th to 4th century BCE (reigns of Cyrus II to Artaxerxes III).
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 .
The town is at the foot of Bisotun Mountain, the flank of which is the location of an important historical site. The imperial road from Ekbatana to Babylon passed at the foot of the mountain. On the rocky slopes king Darius I left the Behistun Inscription. From the Seleucid epoch there is a Herakles statue. Next to it Parthian kings added some ...
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 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]