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