Bisotun

E570464
archaeological site

Bisotun is an archaeological site in western Iran renowned for its monumental rock reliefs and inscriptions from the Achaemenid period, most notably the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bisotun canonical 5
Bistun 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Achaemenid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Darius the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPeriod Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
function imperial inscription site ⓘ
royal propaganda monument ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalStrata Achaemenid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
later historical periods ⓘ
hasComponent Behistun cliff face NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeological remains from multiple periods ⓘ
reliefs of Darius and captives ⓘ
royal road remains ⓘ
hasCountry Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableFeature Achaemenid-period carvings ⓘ
Behistun Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ
rock reliefs ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
hasReliefStyle Achaemenid imperial art NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation National heritage site of Iran ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Babylonian ⓘ
Elamite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kermanshah Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter nearby town of Bisotun ⓘ
near city of Kermanshah NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks an ancient travel route between Mesopotamia and the Iranian plateau ⓘ
partOf Zagros Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionStatus protected archaeological zone ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
significance important for decipherment of cuneiform scripts ⓘ
key source for Achaemenid history ⓘ
timeOfMajorConstruction late 6th century BCE ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Behistun Inscription → locatedIn → Bisotun ⓘ
Kermanshah → nearby → Bisotun ⓘ
Kermanshah → hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite → Bisotun ⓘ
Kermanshah Province → contains → Bisotun ⓘ
Kermanshah Province → hasWorldHeritageSite → Bisotun ⓘ
Iraq-i Ajam → hasMajorCity → Bisotun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bistun