Greater Iran

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Kara Tepe, Head

Vologases III

Kangavar, Portico

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Afrosiab, Ditch

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Kangavar, Platform

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

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Mithradates II

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Head of a Parthian

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Ai Khanum, Map

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Hatra, Catapult

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Phraates II

The river Oxus

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Oxus, FIsherman

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Gotarzes I

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

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

Kyrgyzstan

Zanjan Rud

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

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Parthian mounted archer

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

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

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Artabanus IV

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

A mountain valley

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Vologases II

Hamadan, Bull's head

Phraataces

Afrosiab, Ditch

Koktepa, Scissors

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Susa, Oil lamp

Derbent Road

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

Chorasmian coin

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

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

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Vonones I

Eburz near Ahuan

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Artabanus III

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Hecatompylos, Square building

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Watercourse

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Eucratides I of Bactria

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Zoilus of Bactria

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Hyrcania, Terraces

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Afrosiab, Ruins

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Sinatruces

Tiridates I

Scythian arrowheads

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Snake amulet

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Bactrian coin

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Demetrius I of Bactria

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

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

Kara Tepe, North, General view

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

Parthian quarter

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

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

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

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

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

Tepe Godin, Map

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Gabae, Hill

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

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

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

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

A mounted archer

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

The "French trench"

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Kara Tepe, Head

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Demetrius I of Bactria

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Kerman, Mountains

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Map of Sogdia

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Kara Tepe, Head

Zurmala stupa

Orodes III

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

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Sarmatian roundel

Zurmala stupa

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Osroes I

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Grey ware from Khurvin

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Afrosiab, Big jar

Susa, Parthian bottle

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Afrosiab, Ruins

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

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

Vologases V

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

Hatra, Statue of a general

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Koktepa, Mirror

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Vologases IV

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Eucratides II of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Phraates IV

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Charax

Orodes I

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Artabanus I

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

The Silk Road

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

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

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Mithradates I the Great

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Mountain plain

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Tepe Hesar, View

Parthian bowl

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

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

Susa, Parthian jar

Kangavar, General view

Yazd, Funeral houses

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Vonones II

Kara Tepe, Relief

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Geological layers

Vardanes II

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

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

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Topraq Qala

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Kara Tepe, Relief

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Crossing the Elburz

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Arsaces I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Mithradates IV

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

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

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Vologases VI

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

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

The Avestan world

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Artabanus II

Hatra, seen from the air

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Kangavar, Back

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Gabae, Hill

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Map of the world of the Scythians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Axes from Luristan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Orodes II

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

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

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

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

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Vardanes I

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Kangavar, Stairs

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Terraces, north of the mountains

Zurmala stupa

Afrosiab, Ruins

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Phraates III

Gotarzes II