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Addresses and Telephone Numbers of the
Hotels in the Kermanshah Province |
| City |
Hotel |
Code |
Tel. |
Address |
| Kermanshah |
Soroush |
0831 |
27001-3 |
Modares Crossroads |
| Kermanshah |
Azadi |
0831 |
33476 |
Azadi Sq. |
| Kermanshah |
Mearag |
0831 |
35232 |
Azadi Sq. |
| Kermanshah |
Esteghlal |
0831 |
25948 |
Modares Ave. |
| Kermanshah |
Rahe Karbala |
0831 |
31177-31166 |
Modares Crossroads |
| Kermanshah |
Bisotoon |
0831 |
23792 - 21230 |
Ayatollah Kashani Ave. |
| Kermanshah |
Resalat |
0831 |
38786 - 26105 |
Ferdosi Sq. |
Magnificent sights of Kermanshah:
- Bistun (700-330 BC - 32km from Kermanshah )
- Tagh-e Bostan (224-651 BC - 6km northeast of city)
- Kangavar
- Temple of Anahita (200 BC - 90km east of Kermanshah)
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BISOTOUN – Darius’ Inscription
At a site some 4,000 feet high in the mountains, one of the most famous sites in Near Eastern archaeology has been attracting passersby since time immemorial. It was here that Sir Henry Rawlinson copied the trilingual inscriptions of Darius I, carved in 522 B.C. in Old Persian, Elamite and Akkadian, an important step in the eventual decipherment of cuneiform in the mid-19th century. The Bisotoun relief above the inscription depicts Darius facing the nine rebel kings, whom the Achaemenid ruler s’uppressed when he came to power. At the foot of the hill there are three Parthian reliefs, believed to be the oldest Parthian reliefs, badly damaged by the ravages of time and a land endownment carved by Sheikh Ali-Khan Zanganeh, the premier of Safavid king Shah Soleiman.
Behistun Inscription or Bisutun Inscription [bEsOOtOOn', bEsu–] , cuneiform text, the decipherment of which was the key to all cuneiform script and opened to scholars the study of the written works of ancient Mesopotamia. The inscription in Old Persian, in Susian (the Iranian language of Elam), and in Assyrian is chiseled on the face of a mountainous rock c.300 ft (90 m) above the ground at Behistun, Persia (modern W Iran). A bas-relief depicting Darius I with a group of captive chiefs is carved together with the inscription. Although the rock was known in ancient times (Diodorus attributed the carvings to Semiramis), it was not until 1835 that Sir Henry Rawlinson scaled it and copied the inscriptions. Rawlinson translated the Persian section of the inscription, which later led to the entire decipherment of the Assyrian text.
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TAGH-E-BOSTAN , Sassanian Reliefs
The Sassanid kings chose a sensational setting for their rock reliefs at Tagh-e-Bostan, four miles northeast of Kermanshah. A sacred spring gushes forth from a mountain cliff and empties into a large reflecting pool. In winter the entire scene is shrouded in mist and clouds. One of the most impressive reliefs, inside the largest grotto or ‘ivan’, is the gigantic equestrian statue of the Sassanid king, Khosrow II (A.D. 591-628) mounted on his favourite charger, Shabdiz. Both horse and rider are arrayed in full battle armour. There are two hunting scenes on opposite sides of the ivan, one depicts the imperial boar hunt and the other in a similar spirit shows the king stalking deer. Elephants flush out the fleeing boars from a marshy lake for the king who stands poised with bow and arrow in hand serenaded by female musicians following in other boats. These royal hunting scenes are among the most vivid of all rock reliefs, true narrative murals in stone. Jumping 1,300 years in time the upper relief shows the 19th century Qajar king Fath-Ali-Shah holding court.
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Kangavar is a small town of great antiquity lying halfway between Hamadan and Kermanshah. In about 200 B.C., during the Seleucid Greek occupation of Kangavar, a major sanctuary was erected to the mother goddess Anahita who was worshipped in ancient Persia along with Ahura-Mazda and Mithras. This vast temple was built of enormous blocks of dressed stone with an imposing entrance of opposed staircases which may have been inspired by the Apadana at Persepolis.
Anahita is a female angel whose reverence is to keep the earth and all of nature fruitful.
Anahita is a power who was once mighty in her pantheon.
Anahita is a tall powerful maiden.
Anahita is also a fertility goddess.
Anahita is also known as persian artemis.
Anahita is an inspired update on the theme of east meets west.
Anahita is an iranian water and fertility goddess and zoroastrian river goddess.
Anahita is called the holy one who multiplies flocks,goods,riches land who purifies.
Anahita is certainly an indo.
Anahita is composed in traditional north indian rags in the form of drut khayals.
Anahita is eeking out an existence at manchester u.
Anahita is really the old persian name.
Anahita is sometimes regarded as the consort of mithra.
Anahita is the angel of fertility.
Anahita is the female creative principle.
Anahita is the goddess of fertility and the mother of wisdom.
Anahita is the most prominent monument in Kermanshah.
Anahita is the old aryan godess of the waters.
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