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Zagros near HamadanCuneiform tablet with a map of the ZagrosEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionJar, first millennium BCEGandj Nameh, Inscription of Darius I (DE)Gandj Nameh, Inscription of Darius I (DE)Gandj Nameh, Inscription of Xerxes (XE)Gandj NamehGandj Nameh, Inscription of Xerxes (XE)Gandj Nameh, Achaemenid inscriptionsGandj Nameh, Achaemenid inscriptionsGandj Nameh, Inscription of Xerxes (XE)

Location:

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hamadān
  • geo:34.804558,48.517815
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Museum
  • visible

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Hamadan, Museum

Hamadan, Museum


Nearby

Tappe-ye Hagmatāna - Ancient Ecbatana

Ecbatana (Old Persian Hagmatana, 'gathering place'): main settlement of the Medes, modern Hamadan.

Hamadan

The "Tomb of Esther and Mordechai" in Hamadan is one of the alleged sites of the grave of of Esther and Mordechai.

Battle of Ecbatana in 129 BC

Battle between the Seleucids of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Parthians of Phraates II.


This object was added by Jona Lendering on 2014-03-21. Last update by René Voorburg on 2022-11-22. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/18268 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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