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The Behistun Inscription: Darius's Message in Stone
At the foot of Mount Behistun in western Iran, a monumental relief carved into sheer cliff face tells the story of Darius the Great's rise to power. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Behistun Inscription — a trilingual text in Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian that functioned as both propaganda and a Rosetta Stone avant la lettre. They discuss the political crisis of 522 BCE, when the Magian Gaumata seized the throne, and how Darius, a distant Achaemenid prince, rallied support to reclaim the kingship. The hosts examine the inscription's account of 19 battles fought in one year…
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