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Behistun
[ bey-hi-stoon ]
noun
- a ruined town in W Iran: site of a cliff that bears on its face a cuneiform inscription in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian that provided a key for the decipherment of cuneiform in other languages.
Behistun
/ ˌbeɪhɪˈstuːn /
noun
- a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
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He travelled all over Persia and one day he happened to visit the village of Behistun.
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Darius, in his inscriptions on Mount Behistun, has left us the authentic though very compressed history of Cambyses.
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The only historical sculpture which is at present known, is the inscription of Darius at Behistun.
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We can fix precisely the position of this district by the hill consecrated to Zeus near the modern Behistun.
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On the monument of Darius at Behistun Çakuka, the leader of the Sacæ, wears a tall pointed cap.
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