page_title: Mount Behistun
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Behistun
caption_attribution_description: English: Behistun Inscription (Bistoun / Bisotoun), dated ca. 520 BC, in Persia. -- Photo by Hamidreza Sorouri / Persian Dutch Network
context_page_description: Mount Bisotoun is a mountain of the Zagros Mountains range, located in Kermanshah Province of western Iran. It is located 525 kilometers west of Tehran.
context_section_description: Mount Bisotoun (or Behistun and Bisotun) is a mountain of the Zagros Mountains range, located  in Kermanshah Province of western Iran. It is located 525 kilometers (326 mi) west of Tehran.
caption: Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great
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