Greater Iran

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Susa, Oil lamp

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Map of the world of the Scythians

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Watercourse

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Afrosiab, Ruins

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Hamadan, Bull's head

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Topraq Qala

Kangavar, Portico

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Kangavar, Stairs

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Geological layers

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Gabae, Hill

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Osroes I

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Zurmala stupa

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Head of a Parthian

Koktepa, Mirror

A mountain valley

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Tiridates I

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Zurmala stupa

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Zurmala stupa

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

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

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Artabanus III

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Ai Khanum, Map

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

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

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

Sinatruces

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

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Afrosiab, Ruins

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

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

Grey ware from Khurvin

Mithradates I the Great

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Parthian mounted archer

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Hyrcania, Terraces

Vologases III

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

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

The Zagros west of Qazvin

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

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

The Silk Road

Eucratides I of Bactria

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

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

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Scythian arrowheads

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Demetrius I of Bactria

Eucratides I of Bactria

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

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

The "French trench"

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

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

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Tepe Hesar, View

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

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

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Crossing the Elburz

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Bactrian coin

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Kara Tepe, Relief

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Vologases VI

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Kara Tepe, Relief

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Phraates III

Susa, Parthian bottle

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Kyrgyzstan

The river Oxus

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Vonones I

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Kangavar, Back

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Kara Tepe, Head

Susa, Parthian jar

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

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Sarmatian roundel

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Yazd, Funeral houses

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

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

Kara Tepe, Head

Vologases II

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Afrosiab, Big jar

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Vonones II

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

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

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Chorasmian coin

Oxus, FIsherman

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Hatra, Statue of a general

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Orodes III

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Orodes I

Orodes II

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Demetrius I of Bactria

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

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Vologases V

Koktepa, Scissors

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Charax

Vologases IV

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Hecatompylos, Square building

Parthian quarter

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

Hatra, Catapult

Artabanus II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Derbent Road

Gotarzes II

Kangavar, Platform

Gotarzes I

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Parthian bowl

Phraates IV

Kangavar, General view

Phraates II

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Mithradates II

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Hatra, seen from the air

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

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

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Phraataces

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Artabanus I

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Eucratides II of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ruins

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Hamadan, Aqueduct

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

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

Vardanes I

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Map of Sogdia

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Mountain plain

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

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

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Gabae, Hill

Eburz near Ahuan

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Axes from Luristan

The Avestan world

A mounted archer

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Kerman, Mountains

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Terraces, north of the mountains

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Arsaces I

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Ditch

Snake amulet

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Mithradates IV

Artabanus IV

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Zanjan Rud

Ahuan, Karwansaray

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

Zoilus of Bactria

Vardanes II

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

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

Tepe Godin, Map

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

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion