Ganjnameh. Ancient inscription carved in granite in Alvand Mountain, ordered by Darius the Great (521-485 BC) (left) and by Xerxes the Great (485-465 BC) (right) in three languages, Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite. Near Hamedan. Islamic Republic of Iran.

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