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\u201cThe Major constantly and indefatigably employed himself, from daylight to dark, revising, restoring and adding to his former materials.\xa0 This was a work of great irksomeness and labour in the confined space he was compelled to stand in, with his body in close proximity to the heated rock and under a broiling September sun.\u201d \u2013 Felix Jones, 1844\nAfter the debacle of the First Anglo-Afghan War, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson made two more excursions to Behistun.\xa0 His attempts to copy the remaining inscriptions nearly cost him his life.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices