Greater Iran, of course, is not an existing country. This category is intended for everything related to the area where, in Antiquity, people spoke an Iranian language, except for Persia.
Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ
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Orodes III
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Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals
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Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief
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Afrosiab, Ruins
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Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby
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Vologases VI
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Isfahan, Sharestan bridge
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Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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Vonones I
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Hatra, Model of a small temple
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Afrosiab, Ditch
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Tepe Godin, Map
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A mounted archer
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Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation
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Tepe Hesar, View
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Hamadan, Aqueduct
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Zurmala stupa, Entrance
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Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)
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Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian
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Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject hlw3 (OP. Haraiva = Aria)
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Kara Tepe, North, General view
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Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince
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Modern painting of Zarathustra
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject slng (OP. Zranka = Drangiana)
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Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone
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Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs
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Zurmala stupa
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Topraq Qala
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Babylonian map of the western Zagros. A road, a mountain, and a river are indicated.
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Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations
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Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief, drawing
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The Caspian Sea at Ramsar
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Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV
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Vologases V
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Phraates III
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian
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Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations
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Bactrian coin
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Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory
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Susa, Oil lamp
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Head of a bronze statue of a Parthian prince, found at Shami, Khuzestan
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Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler
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Vardanes I
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Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal
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Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries
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Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area
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Behistun, Darius' relief, Frâda (center) and Skunkha (right)
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Artabanus II
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Tepe Sialk, Southern hill
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Tepe Sialk, Strata
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary
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Eucratides II of Bactria
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Gotarzes II
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians
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Halchayan, Parthian warrior
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Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess
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The ruins from Ai Khanum
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel
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Kara Tepe, West, Caves
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Ai Khanum, Map
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A Magian (Oxus Treasure)
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Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)
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The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent
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The river Oxus
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Gabae, Hill
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Orodes I
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Kara Tepe, Head
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Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes
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Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand
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Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion
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Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary
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Watercourse
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Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great
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Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II
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Hecatompylos, Hill 2
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Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron
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Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)
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Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae
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Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery
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Hatra, Statue of a general
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort
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Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria
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Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance
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Yazd, Funeral houses
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Tiridates I
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Fayaz Tepe, Necklace
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Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave
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Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV
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Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media)
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The Zagros, Mountain pass along the road from Hamadan to the west
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Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery
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The Avestan world
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The Silk Road
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae
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Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model
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Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain
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Zurmala stupa
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Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads
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Arsaces I
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Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp
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Vonones II
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Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot
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Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases
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Old Termez, Capital with a figure showing features of Buddha and Heracles
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Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)
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Gandj Nameh, Waterfall
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Phraates II
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Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles
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Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II
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Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace
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Gabae, Hill
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Kampyr Tepe, Houses
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Hatra, Statue of an eagle
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Parthian quarter
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Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief
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Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear
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Grey ware from Khurvin
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Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity
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Orodes II
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Eucratides I of Bactria
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Phraataces
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The Elburz from Tepe Hesar
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Artabanus III
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Afrosiab, Late pottery
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Houses in Kampyr Tepe
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Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers
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Tepe Sialk, Northern hill
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Hecatompylos, Hill 1
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Zoilus of Bactria
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Hecatompylos, Square building
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Tepe Sialk, Iron ore
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Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag
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Charax
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Kangavar, Back
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Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer
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Tepe Hesar, Figurine
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Gotarzes I
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Tepe Godin, View from the SE
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Susa, Parthian bottle
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III
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Scythian arrowheads
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Afrosiab, Ditch
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Fayaz Tepe, Stupa
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Vologases III
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Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians
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Hatra, Temple of Šamaš
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Monstrous male figure with a water vessel (Early Bronze Age)
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Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes
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Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)
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Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians
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Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant
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Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama
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Susa, Letter from Artabanus II, requesting the appointment of one Hecataeus as treasurer
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Tepe Sialk, Pot from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with an ibex
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Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells
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Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium
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Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes
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Demetrius I of Bactria
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Tepe sialk, Jar from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with ibexes
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A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)
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Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior
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Kangavar, Portico
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Hatra, seen from the air
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Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court
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Mountain plain
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Osroes I
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Amulet of Bes from Iran
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Bowl from Tepe Hesar I
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Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar
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Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet
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Kara Tepe, Painted pottery
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Vologases IV
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Crossing the Elburz
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Behistun Rock, seen from the east
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort
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Derbent Road
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Hamadan, Terrace wall
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding
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The Zagros west of Qazvin
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Eburz near Ahuan
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Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries
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Axes from Luristan
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Kara Tepe, Head
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians
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Afrosiab, Christian ossuary
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Kangavar, General view
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Koktepa, Scissors
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae
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Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit
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Mithradates I the Great
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Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases
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Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle
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Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians
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Phraates IV
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Hamadan, Bull's head
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject pltiiw3 (OP. Parthava = Parthia)
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Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons
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Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton
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Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait
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Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche
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Parthian bowl
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar
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Kangavar, Stairs
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Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE
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Zurmala stupa
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Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians
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Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall
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Kara Tepe, Relief
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Kara Tepe, North, Court
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Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana
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Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)
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Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb
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Vologases II
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Kangavar, Foundations of a wall
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Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign
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Vardanes II
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians
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Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III
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Parthian mounted archer
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Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians
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Afrosiab, Persian dish
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Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads
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Kampyr Tepe, Plain
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Kara Tepe, South, Two caves
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Hamadan, Sasanian flask
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Hatra, Parthian pottery
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Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort
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Hatra, Relief of an eagle, a military standard, and the Sun
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Kara Tepe, Relief
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian
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Oxus, FIsherman
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Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary
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Eshaqvan, Rock Relief (cast at Taq-e Bostan)
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Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot
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Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial
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Kyrgyzstan
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Hyrcania, Terraces
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates
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Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject s3htjl (OP. Bâkhtriš = Bactria)
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Sinatruces
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Arrowheads from Hamadan
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian
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Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist
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Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base
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Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age
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The "French trench"
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Geological layers
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Mithradates II
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Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates
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Scortaru, Scythian cauldron
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Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)
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Map of Sogdia
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Zanjan Rud
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Diodotus I of Bactria, coin
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Susa, Parthian jar
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Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles
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Zurmala stupa, Brickwork
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Ahuan, general view of the edge of the Dasht-e Kavir
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Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian
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Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing
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Tepe Godin, The deep sounding
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Fayaz Tepe, Fountain
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Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base
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Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief
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Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god
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Tepe Godin, Store rooms
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Artabanus I
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Map of the world of the Scythians
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Tus, Statue of Firdausi
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A mountain valley
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Chorasmian coin
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Eucratides I of Bactria
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Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane
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Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians
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Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia
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Zagros, Incision (a brook cutting its way through the rocks)
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject ch3rs3m' (OP. Uvârazmîy = Chorasmia)
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Snake amulet
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject skdy (OP. Sugda = Sogdia)
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Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort
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Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper
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Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion
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Ahuan, Karwansaray
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Terraces, north of the mountains
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Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers
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Afrosiab, Ruins
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Hecatompylos, Hill 1
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Balkh, Corinthian capital
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Afrosiab, Big jar
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Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask
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Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp
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Sarmatian roundel
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Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight
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Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha
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Parthian musician playing a tanbur
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Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders
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Kara Tepe, Relief
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Axe in the shape of a two-headed demon, mastering a boar and a dragon (Early Bronze Age)
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Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton
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Demetrius I of Bactria
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Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag
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Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs
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Kara Tepe, Head
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Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)
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Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha
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Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat
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Tepe Sialk, Cup from the fourth millennium decorated with a human figure
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Kangavar, Platform
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian
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Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb
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Hatra, Statue of Shahiro (?), the morning star
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Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap
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Artabanus IV
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Head of a Parthian
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Kerman, Mountains
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Hatra, Catapult
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Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall
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Mithradates IV
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Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer
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Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa
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Fayaz Tepe, Stupa
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Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace
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Koktepa, Mirror
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject sg?shkš (OP Sâka = Scythians)
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Hecatompylos, Hill 3
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Afrosiab, Deformed skulls
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The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus
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Afrosiab, Ruins
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Isfahan, Zayandeh Rud (and the Si-o-se Bridge)
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