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The Behistun Inscription is a monumental relief carving in Iran dating to the Achaemenid Empire (c. 520 BC). It features King Darius I depicted alongside cuneiform texts in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. This trilingual inscription provided crucial evidence for deciphering cuneiform, establis...
Found at a sacred Zoroastrian site in Iran, these Middle Persian inscriptions provide crucial historical details about the Sasanian Empire during the 3rd century.
This Old Persian cuneiform inscription by Darius I at Persepolis in Iran details the construction of his grand palace complex in the 6th century BCE.
This trilingual Middle Persian text on the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht in Iran chronicles the military campaigns of Sasanian King Shapur I against the Roman Empire.
The Canopus Decree is a trilingual inscription from 238 BC Egypt, issued by priests to honor Ptolemy III, serving as a crucial early source for ancient hieroglyphic decipherment.
The Memphis Decree of Ptolemy V is a 196 BC Egyptian priestly decree most famously preserved on the Rosetta Stone, which became the key to deciphering ancient hieroglyphs.
