Greater Iran

Afrosiab, Ditch

Zanjan Rud

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

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

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Parthian quarter

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

Vonones II

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Afrosiab, Ditch

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Phraates II

Tepe Godin, Map

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Kangavar, Portico

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Afrosiab, Big jar

Hyrcania, Terraces

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Charax

Vologases VI

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

Gabae, Hill

Zurmala stupa

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Hamadan, Bull's head

Afrosiab, Ruins

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

The Avestan world

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Vardanes II

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Kara Tepe, Relief

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Hatra, Statue of a general

A mountain valley

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

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

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Oxus, FIsherman

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Mountain plain

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Grey ware from Khurvin

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Orodes I

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Kara Tepe, Head

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Arsaces I

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Demetrius I of Bactria

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Vologases V

Geological layers

Orodes III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Kara Tepe, North, General view

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

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Mithradates I the Great

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Gotarzes II

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Artabanus IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Vologases II

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Sarmatian roundel

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Eucratides II of Bactria

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

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

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Vardanes I

Kara Tepe, Head

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

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

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

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Axes from Luristan

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Scythian arrowheads

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Kyrgyzstan

Phraates IV

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

Gabae, Hill

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

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

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Derbent Road

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Snake amulet

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Vologases III

The river Oxus

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Koktepa, Mirror

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Demetrius I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Zurmala stupa

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Hatra, Catapult

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Artabanus II

A mounted archer

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Sinatruces

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

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Artabanus I

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Kerman, Mountains

Koktepa, Scissors

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Mithradates IV

Yazd, Funeral houses

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

Topraq Qala

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Kara Tepe, Relief

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Hecatompylos, Square building

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Parthian bowl

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Kara Tepe, Head

Eucratides I of Bactria

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Terraces, north of the mountains

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Crossing the Elburz

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

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

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Chorasmian coin

Eucratides I of Bactria

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Gotarzes I

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Susa, Parthian bottle

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Ruins

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Kangavar, Stairs

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

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Map of Sogdia

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Susa, Oil lamp

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Afrosiab, Late pottery

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

The Silk Road

The "French trench"

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Kangavar, Platform

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

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Tepe Hesar, View

Bactrian coin

Tiridates I

Kara Tepe, Relief

Eburz near Ahuan

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Zurmala stupa

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Osroes I

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Ai Khanum, Map

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

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Zoilus of Bactria

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

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

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

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

Orodes II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Susa, Parthian jar

Vologases IV

Kangavar, Back

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Phraataces

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Watercourse

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hatra, seen from the air

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Parthian mounted archer

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Mithradates II

Phraates III

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Kangavar, General view

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Map of the world of the Scythians

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Vonones I

Artabanus III

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

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

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Head of a Parthian

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)