Greater Iran

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Vologases V

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Hamadan, Bull's head

Vologases IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Kangavar, General view

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Osroes I

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Vologases II

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Vonones I

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

A mountain valley

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Bactrian coin

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Afrosiab, Ruins

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Kangavar, Stairs

Orodes III

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Zurmala stupa

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Gotarzes I

Artabanus II

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Oxus, FIsherman

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Kara Tepe, North, General view

The Avestan world

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Hatra, Parthian pottery

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

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

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Chorasmian coin

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Parthian mounted archer

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

Afrosiab, Ditch

Afrosiab, Ditch

Koktepa, Scissors

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Vologases III

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Crossing the Elburz

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Vonones II

Ai Khanum, Map

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Phraates III

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Hatra, Catapult

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Eucratides I of Bactria

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

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

Artabanus IV

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Grey ware from Khurvin

Koktepa, Mirror

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Gabae, Hill

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Derbent Road

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Gotarzes II

Yazd, Funeral houses

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

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

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

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

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Susa, Parthian bottle

Phraataces

Kyrgyzstan

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Mithradates I the Great

Phraates IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

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

Demetrius I of Bactria

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

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

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Kangavar, Portico

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

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

Sinatruces

Afrosiab, Ruins

Parthian bowl

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Parthian quarter

Eucratides II of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Zurmala stupa

Kara Tepe, Relief

Head of a Parthian

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Zoilus of Bactria

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

Hatra, Statue of a general

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Artabanus III

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Susa, Parthian jar

Kara Tepe, Head

Gabae, Hill

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Susa, Oil lamp

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

The "French trench"

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

The Silk Road

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Zanjan Rud

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Arsaces I

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

A mounted archer

The Zagros west of Qazvin

The river Oxus

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Vardanes II

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Topraq Qala

Vologases VI

Axes from Luristan

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Geological layers

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Afrosiab, Big jar

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Tepe Hesar, View

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Vardanes I

Mithradates II

Hecatompylos, Square building

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

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

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Phraates II

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

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

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

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

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

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

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Kangavar, Platform

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

Tiridates I

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hatra, seen from the air

Hyrcania, Terraces

Watercourse

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Eburz near Ahuan

Artabanus I

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Kangavar, Back

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Tepe Godin, Map

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

Charax

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

Zurmala stupa

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

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Kerman, Mountains

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Orodes II

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

Scythian arrowheads

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

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

Map of Sogdia

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Snake amulet

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Kara Tepe, Head

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Terraces, north of the mountains

Orodes I

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Demetrius I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Sarmatian roundel

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Mountain plain

Map of the world of the Scythians

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Mithradates IV

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs