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