October 7, 2005

Inscriptions and their translations [see: Larger] belonging to Dariush I (Darius) and his son Khashayar I (Xerexes) both of Acheamenid Dynasty (560-330 BCE); I took them this summer near Hamadan; they were written in three languages of the time and point to historically conscious Iranian kings but note that there is no mention of Iran.

Maziar Behroooz

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