It is believed that Hamadan is one of the oldest cities in Iran and perhaps one of the oldest in the world. It is located in the province of the same name 450 km southwest of Therán in a green mountainous area at the foothills of Mount Alvand (3574 nm). The town itself is located 1850 meters above sea level.

Hamadan - Ganjnameh

It is assumed that the city was 1100 years before our year occupied Asyrany. The ancient historian Hérodotos himself states that around the year before 700, it was the capital of Medea. Médie was an ancient historical country located in the northwest of present-day Iran.

The special nature of this old town and its historical attractions attract tourists to the area during the summer months. The biggest attraction is GANJNAMEH, Avicenna and Baba Taher. Locals in the past believed that the inscriptions contained a secret code to find a hidden treasure.

Ganjnameh (© Mmadjid)

The text was first studied by the French archaeologist Flandin Eugene. He was followed by the British explorer Sir Henry Rawlinson, who managed to decipher the cuneiform of the ancient Persians. He concluded that his experience could be used to decode other ancient inscriptions from the Achaemenid period.

Text translation

Left banner says: Ahuramazda is a great god, the greatest of all the gods who have created this earth, sky and people. He established Xerxes as king. Xerxes stands out among innumerable rulers. I am Darius, the great king, king of kings, king of many nations, king of this great land, son of Hystaspes, Achaemenid.

The right inscription says: Ahuramazda is the great god who created this earth, sky and people. He established Xerxes as king. Xerxes stands out among innumerable rulers. I, the great king of Xerxes, king of kings, king of lands with many inhabitants, king of this vast kingdom and distant lands, son of Achaimen's sovereign Darius.

The inscriptions are always given in three languages ​​(Old Perse, Elamite, and Babylonian).

If the whole work was created according to our conventional imagery using copper chisel and hammer, it would require a lot of patience and absolute flawlessness for misspellings. Maybe it would be advisable to ask modern stonemasons what they would do today.