Behistun Inscription — Darius the Great Trilingual Relief
Behistun Inscription — Darius the Great Trilingual Relief (IMAGE • archaeology): Colossal rock relief in Iran carved in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian, key to deciphering cuneiform and Persian royal decrees in Ezra . It is closely linked with Rosetta Stone (Interactive 3D Trilingual Decree • Isaiah 45:1 ): Granodiorite stele inscribed with three versions of a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes, key to deciphering ancient Egyptian.
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Rosetta Stone — Granodiorite stele inscribed with three versions of a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes, key to deciphering ancient Egyptian. The Cyrus Cylinder — Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 .
