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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 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.
Farhād Tarāsh. 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 port town of Salaverry located at southwest Trujillo city is one of the most commercial ports of Peru. Salaverry port is located some 258 nautical miles (478 kilometres; 297 miles) north of Callao. Its good linking with Trujillo (12 km (7.5 mi)) and the Panamerican Highway (8 km (5.0 mi)) makes the port of easy access by road to the ...