Greater Iran

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Geological layers

Mithradates II

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

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

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Watercourse

Vardanes II

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Tiridates I

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Ai Khanum, Map

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Demetrius I of Bactria

Artabanus III

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

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

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Map of the world of the Scythians

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Afrosiab, Ditch

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Terraces, north of the mountains

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Afrosiab, Ruins

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

The Silk Road

Kerman, Mountains

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Kangavar, Platform

Orodes III

Axes from Luristan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Gabae, Hill

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

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

Eucratides I of Bactria

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Tepe Hesar, View

Susa, Parthian jar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Artabanus I

Snake amulet

A mounted archer

The "French trench"

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Afrosiab, Persian dish

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

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

Phraataces

Mountain plain

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Mithradates I the Great

Oxus, FIsherman

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

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

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Osroes I

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Kara Tepe, Relief

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Chorasmian coin

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

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Zoilus of Bactria

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Orodes II

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

A mountain valley

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Grey ware from Khurvin

Kangavar, General view

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

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

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

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Vonones II

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Sinatruces

Mithradates IV

Parthian bowl

Ahuan, Karwansaray

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kyrgyzstan

Afrosiab, Ruins

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Orodes I

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Gotarzes I

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

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

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Bactrian coin

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

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

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

Vologases II

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Zurmala stupa

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Gabae, Hill

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Kara Tepe, Relief

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Koktepa, Mirror

Charax

The Avestan world

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

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

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Sarmatian roundel

Zurmala stupa

Eucratides I of Bactria

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

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

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

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

Zanjan Rud

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Derbent Road

Phraates IV

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Vologases III

Eburz near Ahuan

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Hatra, seen from the air

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

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

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Vologases V

Parthian mounted archer

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Kangavar, Stairs

Afrosiab, Ditch

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Hecatompylos, Square building

Hatra, Catapult

Hatra, Statue of a general

Afrosiab, Big jar

Scythian arrowheads

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

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

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

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Tepe Godin, Map

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Vonones I

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Balkh, Corinthian capital

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

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Hamadan, Bull's head

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

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

Hyrcania, Terraces

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

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

Arsaces I

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Zurmala stupa

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Susa, Parthian bottle

Artabanus IV

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Map of Sogdia

Yazd, Funeral houses

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Vologases IV

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

Parthian quarter

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Afrosiab, Ruins

Topraq Qala

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Kara Tepe, Head

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Koktepa, Scissors

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Phraates III

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

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

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Vardanes I

Gotarzes II

Head of a Parthian

Artabanus II

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Susa, Oil lamp

Crossing the Elburz

Vologases VI

Phraates II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Demetrius I of Bactria

The river Oxus

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

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

Kangavar, Portico

Eucratides II of Bactria

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

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

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Kangavar, Back

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Behistun Rock, seen from the east