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PMR-D2342 Iran, Bisotun: the towering cliffs are carved with a series of famous bas-reliefs dating from 520 BC, carried out on the orders of Darius I after his victory over the Medes. The three-language inscriptions enabled the first deciphering of the cuneiform script. Here: a later figure of Hercules, dating from 148 BC, with the head replaced. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, UNESCO, historic, heritage, antiquity, archeology, Achaemenids

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Iran, Bisotun: the towering cliffs are carved with a series

of famous bas-reliefs dating from 520 BC, carried out on the orders of Darius I after his victory over the Medes. The three-language inscriptions enabled the first deciphering of the cuneiform script.
Here: a later figure of Hercules, dating from 148 BC, with the head replaced.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, UNESCO, historic, heritage, antiquity, archeology, Achaemenids