Bisotun receives UNESCO world heritage certificate

02-Jul-2008 (one comment)

Bisotun, an ancient Iranian stie bearing bas-reliefs and inscriptions of Darius the Great, received the World Heritage Certificate of UNESCO during a cermony in Kermanshah on Tuesday. The certificate was handed over by program specialist Ms. Junko Taniguchi from the UNESCO office in Tehran to the Kermashah cultural heritage officials. >>>

Darius Finally Has His Day in the Sun!

by Rosie T. on Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:07 PM PDT

I find in wikipedia that Bisotun derives from Old Persian "Bogestaan", Place of the Gods.