Greater Iran

Snake amulet

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

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

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Artabanus I

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Kerman, Mountains

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Vardanes II

Arsaces I

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Axes from Luristan

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Zurmala stupa

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Parthian mounted archer

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

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

Bactrian coin

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Zoilus of Bactria

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Vonones II

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Crossing the Elburz

Hyrcania, Terraces

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

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

Oxus, FIsherman

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Tepe Godin, Map

Terraces, north of the mountains

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

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

Watercourse

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

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

Head of a Parthian

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Scythian arrowheads

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Geological layers

Zurmala stupa

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Sarmatian roundel

Koktepa, Scissors

Afrosiab, Ruins

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Orodes III

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Vologases V

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Kyrgyzstan

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Hatra, seen from the air

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

A mountain valley

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Afrosiab, Ditch

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

A mounted archer

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

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

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Hamadan, Bull's head

Mithradates II

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Parthian quarter

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

The Zagros west of Qazvin

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

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

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

Hatra, Catapult

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tiridates I

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Vologases II

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Vonones I

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Phraates II

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

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Osroes I

Chorasmian coin

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

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

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

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

Yazd, Funeral houses

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

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

Tepe Hesar, View

Map of the world of the Scythians

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Artabanus IV

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

The Avestan world

Gotarzes I

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Kangavar, Portico

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Koktepa, Mirror

Demetrius I of Bactria

Map of Sogdia

Vologases VI

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Kangavar, General view

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Artabanus III

The "French trench"

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

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

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

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

Orodes I

Sinatruces

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Kangavar, Back

Susa, Oil lamp

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Orodes II

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Zanjan Rud

Demetrius I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

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

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Ai Khanum, Map

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Eburz near Ahuan

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Grey ware from Khurvin

Kara Tepe, Relief

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Vologases III

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Hecatompylos, Square building

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

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Phraataces

Afrosiab, Big jar

Artabanus II

Parthian bowl

Susa, Parthian bottle

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Topraq Qala

Mountain plain

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Kangavar, Platform

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

The river Oxus

Eucratides II of Bactria

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Phraates IV

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

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

Zurmala stupa

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Vologases IV

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Phraates III

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Hatra, Statue of a general

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Mithradates I the Great

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Mithradates IV

The Silk Road

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Gotarzes II

Gabae, Hill

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Derbent Road

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

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Vardanes I

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kara Tepe, North, General view

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Kangavar, Stairs

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Gabae, Hill

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Kara Tepe, Relief

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Afrosiab, Ruins

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

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

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kara Tepe, Head

Afrosiab, Ditch

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Charax

Kara Tepe, Head

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Susa, Parthian jar

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion