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Darius carves the Behistun inscription, calling his rivals liars.
Geometry, Pride: A reading: power certifies its own account and calls every other a lie.
In plain words
Darius carves his victory at Behistun and calls his rivals liars: power doing more than making law, certifying its own story and calling every other version a lie.
The mechanism
THE UN-ACCUSABLE SEAT — the seat does not merely legislate; it certifies its own account of events and calls the alternatives lies
How it was checked
- EvidenceT6 PHYSICAL / MANUSCRIPT; Status: COMMITTED; a capture
- Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
- Plate — The Behistun Inscription and relief of Darius the Great, Kermanshah, Iran · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_record_at_Behistun.jpg
- SourcesARCHAEOLOGY — the cliff inscription
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