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Archaeology in Iran
A selection of images from the
British Museum's recent
Forgotten Empire the world of ancient Persia
exhibition.
All the images are Copyright © The Trustees of The British Museum.
Pyramidal weight in diorite
The inscription of Darius I is in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian. The Old Persian inscription reads ‘120 karsha. I [am] Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries, king in this earth, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian.’
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