Greater Iran

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

The "French trench"

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Phraates III

Kara Tepe, Head

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Ai Khanum, Map

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Arsaces I

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Geological layers

Map of Sogdia

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Kerman, Mountains

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

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

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Oxus, FIsherman

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Artabanus III

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Hamadan, Bull's head

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Kyrgyzstan

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Mithradates II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Topraq Qala

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

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

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Eucratides II of Bactria

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Susa, Parthian bottle

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Eucratides I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Phraates II

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

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

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

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

A mountain valley

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

The river Oxus

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Artabanus I

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Susa, Oil lamp

A mounted archer

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Parthian mounted archer

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Koktepa, Scissors

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Yazd, Funeral houses

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

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

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Grey ware from Khurvin

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Orodes III

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Gotarzes I

Kangavar, Stairs

Derbent Road

Afrosiab, Ruins

Phraataces

The Avestan world

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Vologases VI

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

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

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

The ruins from Ai Khanum

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

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Kangavar, General view

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

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Kara Tepe, Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Mithradates I the Great

Axes from Luristan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Gotarzes II

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

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

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Hatra, seen from the air

Orodes II

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Tepe Godin, Map

Amulet of Bes from Iran

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

Gabae, Hill

Vardanes I

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

Zurmala stupa

Vologases III

Zurmala stupa

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Phraates IV

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

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Susa, Parthian jar

Scythian arrowheads

Afrosiab, Ruins

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Mithradates IV

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Artabanus II

Watercourse

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tiridates I

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Vologases IV

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Artabanus IV

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

Zurmala stupa

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Charax

Bactrian coin

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

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

Vologases II

Hecatompylos, Square building

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Sinatruces

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

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

Osroes I

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Kangavar, Back

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

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Kara Tepe, Head

Demetrius I of Bactria

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Chorasmian coin

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Mountain plain

Vologases V

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

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

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

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

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

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Demetrius I of Bactria

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Sarmatian roundel

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Orodes I

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Crossing the Elburz

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Afrosiab, Big jar

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Hatra, Statue of a general

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Parthian quarter

Hyrcania, Terraces

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Terraces, north of the mountains

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Eburz near Ahuan

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Parthian bowl

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Afrosiab, Ditch

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Kangavar, Platform

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Vonones I

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

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

Vardanes II

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Snake amulet

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Afrosiab, Ditch

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Gabae, Hill

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Vonones II

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

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

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Head of a Parthian

Kangavar, Portico

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Tepe Hesar, View

Kara Tepe, Head

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Kara Tepe, Relief

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

Map of the world of the Scythians

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

The Silk Road

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Hatra, Catapult

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Zoilus of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Koktepa, Mirror

Zanjan Rud

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby