The Gold Foundation Plaque of
#Darius the Great, a significant artifact from ancient
#Persia (IRAN).
Darius left foundation deposits like this one in the corners of his palace at Persepolis, stone boxes containing gold and silver tablets inscribed in three languages describing The inscriptions list subject peoples from
#Scythia to
#Ethiopia, Ethiopia to India.
What makes them unusual is their function: they weren't meant to be read. They were buried under the foundations, addressed to no living audience, written for the earth itself or for whoever might dig there centuries later.
Darius was essentially leaving a message for archaeologists he couldn't have imagined
#history #storia
Via Massimo of Troy group on FB