Behistun Inscription
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The Behistun Inscription
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The Behistun Inscription // Darius The Great (550 - 486 BC) // Persian Primary Source
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BISOTUN NHK
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IRAN - Mt. Bisotun - III (A World Heritage Site)
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IRAN - Mt. Bisotun - I
The Behistun Inscription is a multilingual 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. It was crucial to the decipherment of cuneiform script.
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History
Translation efforts
Later research and activity
Content of the inscription
Other historical monuments in the Behistun complex
Similar reliefs and inspiration