Greater Iran

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Head of a Parthian

Snake amulet

Afrosiab, Ditch

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Hatra, seen from the air

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Mithradates II

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

Ai Khanum, Map

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

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Orodes II

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Zurmala stupa

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Oxus, FIsherman

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Kangavar, General view

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Hecatompylos, Square building

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Charax

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Afrosiab, Big jar

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

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

Hatra, Statue of a general

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

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Crossing the Elburz

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Grey ware from Khurvin

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Kerman, Mountains

Zanjan Rud

Vardanes II

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Vologases II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Sarmatian roundel

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Gotarzes I

Axes from Luristan

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Zoilus of Bactria

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Artabanus I

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Phraates II

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Tepe Hesar, View

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

The "French trench"

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

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

Gotarzes II

Vologases V

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

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

The Silk Road

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Gabae, Hill

Hatra, Model of a small temple

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

Zurmala stupa

Topraq Qala

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Parthian mounted archer

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

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

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

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

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

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Koktepa, Scissors

Eucratides I of Bactria

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Artabanus IV

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

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

Sinatruces

Derbent Road

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Tiridates I

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Vologases VI

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Kangavar, Stairs

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Kangavar, Platform

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

Afrosiab, Ruins

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

A mounted archer

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

The river Oxus

Orodes I

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Map of Sogdia

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Osroes I

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Phraataces

Tepe Godin, Map

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Eburz near Ahuan

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Afrosiab, Ditch

Map of the world of the Scythians

Arsaces I

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Mithradates IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

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

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

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Terraces, north of the mountains

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Artabanus III

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Yazd, Funeral houses

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Kara Tepe, Relief

Vonones II

Phraates IV

Kara Tepe, Head

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Koktepa, Mirror

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Mountain plain

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Phraates III

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Gabae, Hill

Vardanes I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Demetrius I of Bactria

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Chorasmian coin

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

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

Geological layers

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

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

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Kara Tepe, Head

Susa, Parthian bottle

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Kangavar, Portico

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Afrosiab, Ruins

Watercourse

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

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

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Vonones I

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

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

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Demetrius I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Susa, Oil lamp

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Hamadan, Bull's head

Kyrgyzstan

Orodes III

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Afrosiab, Ruins

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

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

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

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

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Kangavar, Back

Artabanus II

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Hyrcania, Terraces

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Vologases IV

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Mithradates I the Great

Zurmala stupa

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Eucratides II of Bactria

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

The Avestan world

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Parthian bowl

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Parthian quarter

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

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

Scythian arrowheads

A mountain valley

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Bactrian coin

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Hatra, Catapult

Vologases III

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Susa, Parthian jar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

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

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age