J. Young noted, “The identification of this king is as yet unknown, since secular historical sources are silent concerning him.”2 Mentioning only the monuments, H. C. Leupold wrote, “At this point another major problem crowds into the forefront: ‘Who was Darius the Mede?’ The monuments do not happen to know him by that name, at least the monuments discovered thus far.”3 John Whitcomb, who identified Daniel’s Darius with Gubaru of cuneiform inscriptions, wrote: “Neither the Greek nor the cuneiform