Behistun Inscription
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The Behistun Inscription (also Bistun or Bisutun, Modern Persian and Kurdish: بیستون < Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning "the place of god") is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran.
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See also
- Behistun palace
- Darius I of Persia
- Full translation of the Behistun Inscription
- Achaemenid empire
- Taq-e Bostan (Rock reliefs of various Sassanid kings)
- Pasargadae (Tomb of Pasargadae Cyrus the Great)
- Ka'ba-i Zartosht (The "Cube of Zoroaster", a monument at Naqsh-e Rustam)
- Naqsh-e Rajab
- Cities of the Ancient Near East
- Gaumata (False Smerdis)
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