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