Greater Iran

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

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

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Orodes II

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Topraq Qala

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

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

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Vologases VI

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Eucratides II of Bactria

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Artabanus II

Kara Tepe, Head

Charax

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

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

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Vologases II

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Geological layers

Head of a Parthian

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

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

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Kangavar, Stairs

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Kangavar, Back

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Gotarzes I

Koktepa, Scissors

Phraataces

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

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Tepe Hesar, View

Hatra, Statue of a general

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Vonones I

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

Afrosiab, Ruins

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

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

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Kara Tepe, Head

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Demetrius I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Artabanus I

Map of the world of the Scythians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Yazd, Funeral houses

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

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

Afrosiab, Ruins

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

The Avestan world

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Map of Sogdia

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Mithradates I the Great

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

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

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Parthian quarter

Sinatruces

Afrosiab, Ruins

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Ai Khanum, Map

A mountain valley

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

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

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Tepe Godin, Map

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Bactrian coin

The river Oxus

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Gabae, Hill

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Zurmala stupa

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Scythian arrowheads

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

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

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Mithradates II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Vardanes II

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

A mounted archer

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

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

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Parthian mounted archer

Axes from Luristan

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Terraces, north of the mountains

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Mountain plain

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Vologases IV

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

The ruins from Ai Khanum

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

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Hatra, Catapult

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hyrcania, Terraces

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

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

Hatra, seen from the air

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Phraates II

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Kangavar, Platform

Demetrius I of Bactria

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Gabae, Hill

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

The "French trench"

Afrosiab, Big jar

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

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

Snake amulet

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Vardanes I

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

The Silk Road

Susa, Parthian bottle

Afrosiab, Ditch

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Mithradates IV

Phraates IV

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Kara Tepe, Head

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hecatompylos, Square building

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Zoilus of Bactria

Eucratides I of Bactria

Phraates III

Orodes I

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Vologases V

Crossing the Elburz

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

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

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

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Eucratides I of Bactria

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

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

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Zanjan Rud

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Zurmala stupa

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Sarmatian roundel

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Parthian bowl

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Zurmala stupa

Kangavar, General view

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Eburz near Ahuan

Tiridates I

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Oxus, FIsherman

Watercourse

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

Derbent Road

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Orodes III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Ctesiphon, Iwan

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Vonones II

Hamadan, Terrace wall

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

Susa, Parthian jar

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Artabanus III

Vologases III

Grey ware from Khurvin

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Kara Tepe, Relief

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Artabanus IV

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Hamadan, Bull's head

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Chorasmian coin

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

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Kangavar, Portico

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Kyrgyzstan

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Kara Tepe, Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Koktepa, Mirror

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Arsaces I

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Kerman, Mountains

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Osroes I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Gotarzes II

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Susa, Oil lamp

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Hamadan, Sasanian flask