Greater Iran

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Scythian arrowheads

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

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

Charax

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Parthian quarter

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

Kara Tepe, Head

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Mountain plain

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Demetrius I of Bactria

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Geological layers

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Zurmala stupa

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

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

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Hyrcania, Terraces

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Vologases V

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Gotarzes I

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Vologases III

Hatra, Catapult

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Kangavar, Stairs

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Sinatruces

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Balkh, Corinthian capital

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Hatra, Statue of a general

Ai Khanum, Map

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

The river Oxus

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Susa, Oil lamp

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Orodes I

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hamadan, Bull's head

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Vonones II

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

The Avestan world

Eucratides I of Bactria

Vologases VI

Phraates III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Arsaces I

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Axes from Luristan

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Eucratides II of Bactria

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Kangavar, Back

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

A mountain valley

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Mithradates IV

Gabae, Hill

Afrosiab, Big jar

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Hatra, seen from the air

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Snake amulet

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Osroes I

Kangavar, Portico

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Tepe Godin, Map

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Artabanus II

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

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

Eburz near Ahuan

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

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

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Kyrgyzstan

Demetrius I of Bactria

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Orodes III

Hecatompylos, Square building

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

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Tiridates I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Kara Tepe, Head

Map of Sogdia

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Yazd, Funeral houses

Bactrian coin

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Sarmatian roundel

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Ditch

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Vardanes I

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

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

Artabanus IV

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Phraates II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Tepe Hesar, View

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

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

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Kara Tepe, Head

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

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

Head of a Parthian

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Afrosiab, Ruins

Derbent Road

The Silk Road

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

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

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Vonones I

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

The "French trench"

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

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Watercourse

Gotarzes II

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Susa, Parthian jar

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Orodes II

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Zurmala stupa

Terraces, north of the mountains

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kara Tepe, Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Oxus, FIsherman

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Topraq Qala

Gabae, Hill

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

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

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Parthian mounted archer

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

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

Crossing the Elburz

Vologases IV

Map of the world of the Scythians

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Phraates IV

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

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

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Mithradates I the Great

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Chorasmian coin

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

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

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

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

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

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

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Eucratides I of Bactria

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Grey ware from Khurvin

Phraataces

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Koktepa, Scissors

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

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

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

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

Kangavar, General view

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Artabanus III

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Vologases II

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Afrosiab, Ruins

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

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

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

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Koktepa, Mirror

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Zoilus of Bactria

Zanjan Rud

Susa, Parthian bottle

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

A mounted archer

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Afrosiab, Ruins

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Zurmala stupa

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Parthian bowl

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Artabanus I

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Vardanes II

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Kerman, Mountains

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kangavar, Platform

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Kara Tepe, Relief

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Mithradates II

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

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian