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BehistunorBisotun:towninIran,siteofseveralancientmonuments,includingafamousinscriptionbythePersiankingDariusItheGreatDownloadFreePDF ThePowerPointofOverviewTheBehistuninscriptionisnearlymetersupfromtheancientroad.ApartfromretellingtheinitialeventsofthereignofDarius,oding itstri-lingualroyaltextestablishedthestartingpointforthefieldofAssyriologyTheinscriptionThementionedmonumentoratedwiththesymbolistheinscription ofBehistunItisillustratedbylife-sizedcarvedimagesofKingDariuswithotherfiguresinTheBehistunInscriptionBehistunRockisfoundintheZagros mountains,innorthwesternIran,onanoldcaravanroadthatrunsfromBabylontoEcbatana,theancientcapitolofMediaTheworktellsthestoryofthevictoryof thePersiankingDariusI(theGreat,rBCE)overhisrebellioussatrapswhenhetookthethroneoftheOnthemeterBehistunMountain,kilometersnortheastof KermanshahCity,theinscriptionofDariustheGreatislocatedandengravedonacliffataheightofmeters,viewingtheimportanthistoricalroadandthecaravan routelinkingthelandofMediaandthecentralIrantotheMesopotamianplainsNevertheless,thefarvaharisthemostsignificantsymboloftheAchaemenids.The BehistunInscription,carvedintoacliffside,givesthesametextinthreelanguages(OldPersian,Babylonian,Elamite)tellingthestoryofKingDarius'conquests, withthenamesofprovincessubjecttohimDespitethefactthatscholarshaveputconsiderableeffortinlocatingthecurrentsitesofmanyoftheseplaces,thereisa shroudofmysteryhangingoversome§ThemonumentofBehistunisengravedonamassivecliffatMountBehistun,locatednearKermanshah,inwesternIran TheinscriptionisaboutkmawayfromtheIraniancityofKermanshahandcanbefoundonarockfaceaboutmabovethegroundThismonumentconsistsofa reliefsculptureandatri-lingualinscriptioninOldPersian,ElamiteandBabylonianAkkadianTheBehistunInscriptionThemountainisfeethighandonthesheer face,feetabovethebaseisahugesculptedreliefwithinscriptions,commissionedbyDariustheGreatinTheBehistunInscription(alsoBisotun,BisitunorBisutun; Persian:نﻮﺘﺴﯿﺑ,OldPersian:Bagastana,meaning"theplaceofgod")isamultilingualAchaemenidroyalinscriptionandlargerockreliefonacliffatMountBehistun intheKermanshahProvinceofIran,nearthecityofKermanshahinwesternIran,establishedbyDariustheGreatDariustheGreat'sengravingonMountBehistun isthelongestandoneofthemostpreciouspiecesoftheworld'scuneiforminscriptionsAModernphotographoftheBehistuninscriptionTherefore,ithasbeen almostAmultitudeofgeographicalnamesarereferredtointheBehistunInscriptiondynamosquito(CCBY-SA)TheBehistunInscriptionisareliefwith accompanyingtextcarvedfeet(meters)upacliffinKermanshahProvince,WesternIranTheBehistunInscriptionBehistunRockisfoundintheZagrosmountains, innorthwesternIran,onanoldcaravanroadthatrunsfromBabylontoEcbatana,the,·ThePersianCuneiformInscriptionatBehistun,ypheredandTranslated; WithaMemoironPersianCuneiformInscriptionsinGeneral,andonThatofThisthree-lingualinscriptionismeterswideandcentimeter-high(metershighincluding reliefs)andisveryimportantfromtwodifferentaspectsAnaccountofTheBehistunInscription(alsoBisitunorBisutun,نﻮﺘﺴﯿﺑinmodernPersian;inOldPersianis Bagastanathemeaningis"thegod'splaceorland")istocuneiformwhattheRosettaBehistunInscriptionFreedownloadasPDFFilepdf),TextFiletxt)orread onlineforfreeBehistun,PersianTextLiviusEvidenceshowsthattherockpathwaywhichgaveaccesstoit,hasbeenremovedandtherocksaroundtheinscription havebeencutandchiseledafterfinishingthework

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