Greater Iran

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

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

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Demetrius I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Map of Sogdia

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Artabanus I

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

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

Parthian bowl

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Map of the world of the Scythians

Afrosiab, Ditch

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Koktepa, Mirror

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Sinatruces

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Snake amulet

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Vologases II

Kangavar, Stairs

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Vologases V

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

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

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

The river Oxus

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Watercourse

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Kangavar, Platform

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

Orodes II

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

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

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Kara Tepe, Head

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Vonones I

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Tepe Hesar, View

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

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

Scythian arrowheads

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Eburz near Ahuan

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Terraces, north of the mountains

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Hatra, Statue of a general

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Mithradates IV

Phraates II

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Phraates IV

Mountain plain

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Phraataces

Grey ware from Khurvin

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Kara Tepe, Head

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Kangavar, General view

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Kara Tepe, Head

Zurmala stupa

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Osroes I

Kangavar, Back

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

Susa, Parthian jar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Zanjan Rud

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

The Avestan world

Arrowheads from Hamadan

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

Arsaces I

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Mithradates I the Great

Gabae, Hill

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

The Silk Road

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Mithradates II

Artabanus II

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Gotarzes II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Derbent Road

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Phraates III

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

A mounted archer

Vologases IV

A mountain valley

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Bactrian coin

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Hatra, Catapult

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Hamadan, Bull's head

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

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

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

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

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

Geological layers

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Afrosiab, Big jar

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

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

Axes from Luristan

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Vonones II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Susa, Parthian bottle

Artabanus IV

Topraq Qala

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Sarmatian roundel

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Ai Khanum, Map

Afrosiab, Ruins

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Oxus, FIsherman

Hatra, seen from the air

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Zoilus of Bactria

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Vologases III

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Chorasmian coin

Afrosiab, Ruins

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Demetrius I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Gotarzes I

Kara Tepe, Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Eucratides I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

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

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Vologases VI

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

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Orodes III

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Zurmala stupa

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

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

The "French trench"

Kyrgyzstan

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

Eucratides II of Bactria

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

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

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Head of a Parthian

Parthian quarter

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

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

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Vardanes II

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Kerman, Mountains

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Artabanus III

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Kangavar, Portico

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

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

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

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

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Hecatompylos, Square building

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Hyrcania, Terraces

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Orodes I

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Parthian mounted archer

Zurmala stupa

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Kara Tepe, Relief

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Gabae, Hill

Tiridates I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Afrosiab, Ruins

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

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

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

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

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

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Vardanes I

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Charax

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Tepe Godin, Map

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Yazd, Funeral houses

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Afrosiab, Ditch

Eucratides I of Bactria

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

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

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

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Koktepa, Scissors

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Crossing the Elburz

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Susa, Oil lamp

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians