Digging for lost treasure in Darbandykhan

Once upon a time, or as the Kurds would say, habu nabu, there was an Armenian King, Nerses, that ruled the Sassanian Empire (226-651 AD), which included Kurdistan within its borders. Standing high on a hill in the Berkl area near Darbandykhan is one of the only known remaining Sassanian monuments, and it is a monument to King Nerses.