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Pahlavi Script Inscriptions

Related to Bisotun (Bistoun) city (located in Kermanshah province)
Throughout Bistoon and its surroundings, wherever a sculptured stone or structure is present, scripts dating to the Sassanide era can be noted. Such as the 427 symbols engraved on stones in vicinities like the Safavid caravansary of Bistoon, the Safavid bridge on Dinvar Ab, the Khosravi bridge on Garmasiab, the caravansary edifice of Bistoon and the ...
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Bisotun (Bistoun) Attractions & Tourist Information
Bisotun is a city in and the capital of Bisotun District, in Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,075, in 527 families. The town is at the foot of Bisotun mountain, the flank of which is the location of an important historical ...
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Statue of Hercules in Behistun
Category: Historical Inscriptions, Public places
Alongside the Behistun (Bisotun, Bistun) - Kermanshah Road, is an embossment of a heroic figure leaning against a piece of lion skin. Statue of Hercules is located ...
Behistun Inscription
Category: Historical Inscriptions
The Behistun Inscription is an engraving located on the cliff of Mount Behistun near Kermanshah (said to have had the meaning of "place where the gods dwell" in ...
Parau Cave (Paraw)
Category: Caves
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Farhad Tarash (Faratash)
Category: Historical Inscriptions, Archaeological sites
This 1200m vertical limestone wall is home to some of Iran’s most epic climbs. The bottom part of the wall was artificially smoothed in the 7th century for an inscription ...
Bistoon (Sheikh Ali Khan) Caravansary
Category: Old Caravanserais
This caravansary is located in Bistoon and has four porches. The same has been built by Sheikh Ali Khan Zanganeh. Its building is in a rectangular in form. In its ...
Arsacidian Goodarz the 2nd Inscription
Category: Historical Inscriptions
To the east of the Miteridat embossment, on the same rock, is the engraving of one of his successors named as, Goodarz II (46-51 AD.). This Impression depicts the ...
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Category: Archaeological sites, Temples, Mausoleums, Historical Inscriptions, Fire Temples
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Category: Historical Inscriptions, Public places, Archaeological sites, Recreation Place
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Category: Historical Inscriptions
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Category: Historical Inscriptions
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Category: Historical Inscriptions
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Naqsh-e Rustam Engraving (Marvdasht)
Category: Historical Inscriptions
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