Greater Iran

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Susa, Parthian jar

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Orodes II

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Demetrius I of Bactria

Charax

Gabae, Hill

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Orodes III

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Artabanus II

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Eucratides II of Bactria

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

Hatra, Catapult

Demetrius I of Bactria

Gotarzes I

Osroes I

Kara Tepe, Relief

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Zoilus of Bactria

Vologases IV

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Kangavar, General view

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Koktepa, Mirror

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Hecatompylos, Square building

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Afrosiab, Big jar

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Kerman, Mountains

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Kara Tepe, Head

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Artabanus III

Hatra, seen from the air

Zanjan Rud

Ai Khanum, Map

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Bactrian coin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

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

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

A mounted archer

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

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

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Phraates IV

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Eburz near Ahuan

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Map of Sogdia

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

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

Vologases V

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

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

Derbent Road

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

Parthian mounted archer

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Snake amulet

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

The Silk Road

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Eucratides I of Bactria

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Phraates II

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Afrosiab, Ruins

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Mithradates IV

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Kyrgyzstan

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

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

Artabanus I

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Vardanes I

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Tepe Hesar, View

Eucratides I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Afrosiab, Ruins

The "French trench"

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Zurmala stupa

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Hamadan, Bull's head

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Kangavar, Portico

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Map of the world of the Scythians

Scythian arrowheads

Phraates III

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Artabanus IV

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

Kangavar, Back

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

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

Koktepa, Scissors

Vologases VI

Kara Tepe, Head

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Arrowheads from Hamadan

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Geological layers

Crossing the Elburz

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Arsaces I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

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

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Tepe Godin, Map

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Terraces, north of the mountains

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

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

Vologases III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

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

Kangavar, Platform

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

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

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Topraq Qala

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Gabae, Hill

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tiridates I

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Zurmala stupa

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Hatra, Statue of a general

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Afrosiab, Persian dish

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

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

Mountain plain

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Grey ware from Khurvin

Hyrcania, Terraces

Orodes I

Yazd, Funeral houses

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

The river Oxus

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Vonones II

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

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

Sarmatian roundel

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

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

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

The Avestan world

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Oxus, FIsherman

Chorasmian coin

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Parthian quarter

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Phraataces

Watercourse

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Vonones I

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Afrosiab, Ditch

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Vologases II

Zurmala stupa

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Parthian bowl

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

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

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Vardanes II

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Mithradates I the Great

Head of a Parthian

Susa, Oil lamp

A mountain valley

Kangavar, Stairs

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Gotarzes II

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Susa, Parthian bottle

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Mithradates II

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Ctesiphon, Iwan

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Axes from Luristan

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

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

Sinatruces

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Ahuan, Karwansaray