An inscription on the rockface of Van Castle left by legendary monarch Xerxes the Great in the 5th century BC
An inscription on the rockface of Van Castle left by Xerxes the Great in the 5th century BC. This is one of the only Old Persian inscriptions ever found outside the borders of modern Iran.
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