Greater Iran

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

The river Oxus

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

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Vologases III

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

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

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Topraq Qala

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Phraates II

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Kara Tepe, Relief

Afrosiab, Ruins

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Eburz near Ahuan

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Axes from Luristan

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Gabae, Hill

Orodes III

The Silk Road

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Phraataces

Map of Sogdia

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Mithradates IV

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

Zurmala stupa

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Tepe Godin, Map

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Kangavar, Stairs

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Vardanes I

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

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Vologases VI

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Orodes II

Kerman, Mountains

Head of a Parthian

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Demetrius I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

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

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kangavar, Back

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

Mountain plain

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Kara Tepe, Head

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

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

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Balkh, Corinthian capital

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

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Kara Tepe, Relief

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

A mounted archer

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Crossing the Elburz

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

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

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

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

Afrosiab, Big jar

Watercourse

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

A mountain valley

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Afrosiab, Ditch

Vologases V

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Artabanus II

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Hyrcania, Terraces

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

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Parthian mounted archer

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Phraates IV

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Koktepa, Scissors

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Zurmala stupa

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

Hatra, Statue of a general

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Zanjan Rud

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Parthian bowl

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Sinatruces

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Demetrius I of Bactria

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Vonones II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Zoilus of Bactria

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

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Afrosiab, Ruins

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Gabae, Hill

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Ai Khanum, Map

Afrosiab, Ruins

Scythian arrowheads

Gotarzes II

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

The "French trench"

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Kangavar, General view

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Kangavar, Portico

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Map of the world of the Scythians

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

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

Eucratides I of Bactria

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Susa, Parthian jar

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Yazd, Funeral houses

Tiridates I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Vologases II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Artabanus I

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Mithradates II

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Vologases IV

Chorasmian coin

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

Grey ware from Khurvin

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Koktepa, Mirror

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Eucratides II of Bactria

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Tepe Hesar, View

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Vardanes II

Hatra, Catapult

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Kangavar, Platform

Phraates III

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

The Zagros west of Qazvin

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

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Vonones I

Artabanus IV

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Oxus, FIsherman

Charax

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Gotarzes I

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

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

The Avestan world

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Hamadan, Bull's head

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Artabanus III

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Mithradates I the Great

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Zurmala stupa

Hatra, seen from the air

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

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

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Derbent Road

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Geological layers

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

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

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

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

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

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Arsaces I

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Osroes I

Kara Tepe, Head

Kara Tepe, Head

Snake amulet

Orodes I

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

Parthian quarter

Susa, Oil lamp

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Kyrgyzstan

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

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

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

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Bactrian coin

Susa, Parthian bottle

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Terraces, north of the mountains

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Sarmatian roundel

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Hecatompylos, Square building