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Henry Rawlinson and the Behistun Rock. Henry Rawlinson. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/rawlinson_henry.html. Behistun or Bisotun : town in Iran, site of several ancient monuments, including a famous inscription by the Persian king Darius I the Great.
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Henry Rawlinson http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/rawlinson_henry.html
Behistun or Bisotun: town in Iran, site of several ancient monuments, including a famous inscription by the Persian king Darius I the Great.
The Behistun Inscription, carvedinto a cliffside, gives the same text in three languages, telling the story of King Darius' conquests, with the names of twenty-three provinces subject to him. It is illustrated by life-sized carved images of King Darius with other figures in attendance