Greater Iran

Hyrcania, Terraces

Kangavar, Stairs

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

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

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

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

Sinatruces

Hatra, Statue of a general

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

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

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Kangavar, General view

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

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

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Hatra, Catapult

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Axes from Luristan

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Afrosiab, Ditch

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Snake amulet

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Kara Tepe, Head

Artabanus III

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Hatra, seen from the air

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

The Silk Road

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

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Vologases VI

The Avestan world

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Demetrius I of Bactria

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Tiridates I

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Zoilus of Bactria

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

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

Parthian mounted archer

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Vardanes II

Mithradates IV

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Afrosiab, Persian dish

The "French trench"

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Map of the world of the Scythians

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Eucratides I of Bactria

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Afrosiab, Big jar

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Head of a Parthian

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

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

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Susa, Parthian jar

Osroes I

Artabanus II

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Hecatompylos, Square building

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Kerman, Mountains

Parthian bowl

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Artabanus IV

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Kara Tepe, North, Court

A mounted archer

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Kyrgyzstan

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Kangavar, Portico

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

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Koktepa, Scissors

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Mithradates I the Great

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Kangavar, Platform

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Vologases III

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

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

A mountain valley

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Eucratides II of Bactria

Kangavar, Back

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Eburz near Ahuan

Vologases IV

Phraates III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Demetrius I of Bactria

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Gabae, Hill

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Vardanes I

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Artabanus I

Zurmala stupa

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Mountain plain

Afrosiab, Ruins

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Susa, Parthian bottle

Kara Tepe, Head

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Afrosiab, Ruins

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Oxus, FIsherman

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

Orodes I

Hamadan, Bull's head

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Sarmatian roundel

Orodes III

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Geological layers

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Tepe Hesar, View

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

The river Oxus

Vonones I

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Grey ware from Khurvin

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Parthian quarter

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

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

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Charax

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Gotarzes II

Zurmala stupa

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Susa, Oil lamp

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Gotarzes I

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

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

Crossing the Elburz

Zanjan Rud

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Vologases II

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

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

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Mithradates II

Ai Khanum, Map

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Afrosiab, Ditch

Bactrian coin

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Vologases V

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Vonones II

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Terraces, north of the mountains

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Derbent Road

Phraates IV

Topraq Qala

Yazd, Funeral houses

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Tepe Godin, Map

Zurmala stupa

Phraataces

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

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Arsaces I

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Gabae, Hill

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Phraates II

Scythian arrowheads

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Chorasmian coin

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

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

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Orodes II

Koktepa, Mirror

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Map of Sogdia

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

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

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

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

Watercourse

The ruins from Ai Khanum

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

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb