Greater Iran

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Tepe sialk, Jar from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with ibexes

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Gotarzes II

Watercourse

Eucratides I of Bactria

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Hatra, Relief of an eagle, a military standard, and the Sun

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject sg?shkš (OP Sâka = Scythians)

Isfahan, Zayandeh Rud (and the Si-o-se Bridge)

Crossing the Elburz

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Eshaqvan, Rock Relief (cast at Taq-e Bostan)

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Oxus, FIsherman

Derbent Road

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Ahuan, general view of the edge of the Dasht-e Kavir

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject pltiiw3 (OP. Parthava = Parthia)

Kara Tepe, Relief

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Eucratides I of Bactria

Phraates IV

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Osroes I

Vologases VI

Afrosiab, Big jar

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Kangavar, Portico

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Babylonian map of the western Zagros. A road, a mountain, and a river are indicated.

Susa, Letter from Artabanus II, requesting the appointment of one Hecataeus as treasurer

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Geological layers

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Parthian bowl

Axe in the shape of a two-headed demon, mastering a boar and a dragon (Early Bronze Age)

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Vologases IV

Kangavar, Stairs

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Kangavar, General view

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Zurmala stupa

Mithradates I the Great

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Behistun, Darius' relief, Frâda (center) and Skunkha (right)

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Amulet of Bes from Iran

The river Oxus

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Yazd, Funeral houses

Kara Tepe, Head

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Parthian quarter

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Kangavar, Platform

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Artabanus III

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Vonones I

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kangavar, Back

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Kara Tepe, Relief

Vardanes I

Sarmatian roundel

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Artabanus IV

Kara Tepe, Head

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Tepe Hesar, View

Monstrous male figure with a water vessel (Early Bronze Age)

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Map of Sogdia

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Orodes III

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Hatra, Catapult

Koktepa, Mirror

The Silk Road

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Afrosiab, Ruins

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Ai Khanum, Map

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Hamadan, Bull's head

Vardanes II

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

The Avestan world

Gabae, Hill

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Mountain plain

Orodes II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Mithradates II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Eucratides II of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Vologases V

Afrosiab, Late pottery

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Kyrgyzstan

Afrosiab, Ruins

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Artabanus II

Tepe Sialk, Pot from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with an ibex

Vonones II

Axes from Luristan

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Topraq Qala

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the fourth millennium decorated with a human figure

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Grey ware from Khurvin

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Kerman, Mountains

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media)

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Arsaces I

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Vologases III

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Zagros, Incision (a brook cutting its way through the rocks)

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Phraates III

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Phraates II

A mounted archer

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Bactrian coin

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject ch3rs3m' (OP. Uvârazmîy = Chorasmia)

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject s3htjl (OP. Bâkhtriš = Bactria)

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Hatra, Statue of a general

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Hecatompylos, Square building

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Hatra, seen from the air

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Kara Tepe, Relief

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Demetrius I of Bactria

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Hatra, Statue of Shahiro (?), the morning star

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Artabanus I

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Ditch

Hyrcania, Terraces

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Mithradates IV

Terraces, north of the mountains

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tiridates I

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Old Termez, Capital with a figure showing features of Buddha and Heracles

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Gabae, Hill

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Afrosiab, Ruins

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Chorasmian coin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Susa, Parthian bottle

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Zoilus of Bactria

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject skdy (OP. Sugda = Sogdia)

Demetrius I of Bactria

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief, drawing

Gotarzes I

Vologases II

Snake amulet

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

The ruins from Ai Khanum

The "French trench"

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Orodes I

Tepe Godin, Map

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Susa, Parthian jar

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Susa, Oil lamp

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Head of a Parthian

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Scythian arrowheads

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Head of a bronze statue of a Parthian prince, found at Shami, Khuzestan

A mountain valley

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Eburz near Ahuan

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Zanjan Rud

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Zurmala stupa

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Parthian mounted archer

Sinatruces

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject hlw3 (OP. Haraiva = Aria)

Charax

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

The Zagros, Mountain pass along the road from Hamadan to the west

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Phraataces

Koktepa, Scissors

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Map of the world of the Scythians

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject slng (OP. Zranka = Drangiana)

Zurmala stupa

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Tepe Sialk, Strata