Behistan

Japanese: Behistan
Behistan

…A village located 32 km east of Kermanshah in western Iran. Its name comes from the ancient name of the mountain that rises to the north, Bagastana (meaning "seat of the god"), and it is also called Behistan or Bihistūn. The famous inscription of Darius I is carved into a steep rock face at a height of about 70 m, and at the foot of the mountain are remains of a Paleolithic cave, a ritual site and a fortress thought to be from the Median period, a statue of Hercules from the Seleucid period, and reliefs of the Parthian kings Mithridates II and Gotharzes II. …

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Japanese:

…イラン西部,ケルマンシャーの東32kmにある村。その名は北側にそびえる山の古名バガスターナ(〈神の座〉の意)に由来し,ベヒスタンBehistan,ビヒストゥンBihistūnとも呼ばれる。有名なダレイオス1世の碑文は約70mの高所の切り立った岩壁に刻まれているが,そのふもとには旧石器時代の洞窟遺跡,メディア期に想定される祭祀遺跡と城砦跡,セレウコス朝時代のヘラクレス像,パルティアのミトリダテス2世とゴタルゼス2世の浮彫がある。…

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