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Site featuring 2 granite inscriptions, 1 created on the order of Darius the Great, the other Xerxes.
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One of the places to see in Hamadan that gives you a special comfort.
I visited in August. It was crowded but very interesting. Open air markets with different kind of food, fruits, sweets. The place with Darius ' s inscription is well preserved and there are explanations in english. I love to visit this place and it was very interesting for me
I am from Hamedan,Iran. GANGNAMEH is one of the beautiful historical places in the city of Hamedan.
time of Darius the Great and Achaemenid Xerxes , which are engraved on the heart of one of the Alvand rocks , 5 km west of Hamedan , at the end of the Abbasabad valley. The inscriptions are each written in three 20-line columns in Ancient Persian , Elamite and New Babylonian . Ancient Persian text is located on the left side of both tablets and is 115 cm wide. The Elamite text is written in the middle of both inscriptions and the New Babylonian text is in the third column.
time of Darius the Great and Achaemenid Xerxes , which are engraved on the heart of one of the Alvand rocks , 5 km west of Hamedan , at the end of the Abbasabad valley. The inscriptions are each written in three 20-line columns in Ancient Persian , Elamite and New Babylonian . Ancient Persian text is located on the left side of both tablets and is 115 cm wide. The Elamite text is written in the middle of both inscriptions and the New Babylonian text is in the third column.
I am from Hamedan,Iran. GANGNAMEH is one of the beautiful historical places in the city of Hamedan.
time of Darius the Great and Achaemenid Xerxes , which are engraved on the heart of one of the Alvand rocks , 5 km west of Hamedan , at the end of the Abbasabad valley. The inscriptions are each written in three 20-line columns in Ancient Persian , Elamite and New Babylonian . Ancient Persian text is located on the left side of both tablets and is 115 cm wide. The Elamite text is written in the middle of both inscriptions and the New Babylonian text is in the third column.
time of Darius the Great and Achaemenid Xerxes , which are engraved on the heart of one of the Alvand rocks , 5 km west of Hamedan , at the end of the Abbasabad valley. The inscriptions are each written in three 20-line columns in Ancient Persian , Elamite and New Babylonian . Ancient Persian text is located on the left side of both tablets and is 115 cm wide. The Elamite text is written in the middle of both inscriptions and the New Babylonian text is in the third column.
Amazing to think this was carved out about 2500 years ago.
Easy walk from the parking and very close to the Ganjnameh Waterfall.
Easy walk from the parking and very close to the Ganjnameh Waterfall.
Ancient Inscriptions are belong to Xerxes (Khashayar Shah)and Darius Shah from Hakhamaneshi dynasty (about 2500 years ago).
the translation of Inscriptions is on the other side of Inscriptions in two language of Persian and English. both of them has the same passages except the name of kings, in short the meaning of Inscriptions is:
I am Xerxes the son of Darius
a king from the kings
the king of a vast land with lots people
the god granted me this dignity
and so on...
the translation of Inscriptions is on the other side of Inscriptions in two language of Persian and English. both of them has the same passages except the name of kings, in short the meaning of Inscriptions is:
I am Xerxes the son of Darius
a king from the kings
the king of a vast land with lots people
the god granted me this dignity
and so on...
Ganjnameh (Persian: گنجنامه, romanized: Ganjnāme, lit. 'Treasure Book') is located 12 km southwest of Hamadan (ancient Ecbatana) in western Iran, at an altitude of c. 2000 meters across Mount Alvand.[1][2] The site is home to two trilingual Achaemenid cuneiform inscriptions The inscription on the upper left was created on the order of Achaemenid King Darius the Great (r. 522–486 BC) and the one on the right by King Xerxes the Great (r. 486–465 BC).
The two inscription panels of Ganjnameh, carved in stone in 20 lines on a granite rock above a creek, measure 2 × 3 m each. Written in Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite, except for the different royal name, the contents of the two inscriptions are identical; Ahura Mazda receives praise, and lineages and conquests are listed. According to Stuart C. Brown, in the pre-Hellenistic period, this mountain was apparently the main "east-west pass" through Mount Alvand. During the Achaemenid period, Ecbatana functioned as summer capital due to its high elevation and pleasant weather.
The site received its name from local natives, who believed that the inscriptions contained the secret code to a hidden treasure. Two modern contemporary carved tablets have been placed in the site's parking lot with Persian explanation and its English translation
The two inscription panels of Ganjnameh, carved in stone in 20 lines on a granite rock above a creek, measure 2 × 3 m each. Written in Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite, except for the different royal name, the contents of the two inscriptions are identical; Ahura Mazda receives praise, and lineages and conquests are listed. According to Stuart C. Brown, in the pre-Hellenistic period, this mountain was apparently the main "east-west pass" through Mount Alvand. During the Achaemenid period, Ecbatana functioned as summer capital due to its high elevation and pleasant weather.
The site received its name from local natives, who believed that the inscriptions contained the secret code to a hidden treasure. Two modern contemporary carved tablets have been placed in the site's parking lot with Persian explanation and its English translation