Greater Iran, of course, is not an existing country. This category is intended for everything related to the area where, in Antiquity, people spoke an Iranian language, except for Persia.
Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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Kara Tepe, Relief
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Axes from Luristan
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes
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Kara Tepe, Head
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Hyrcania, Terraces
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Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot
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Old Termez, Capital with a figure showing features of Buddha and Heracles
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Tepe Sialk, Northern hill
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Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"
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Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery
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Tepe Hesar, Figurine
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Gotarzes II
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Kara Tepe, Head
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Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria
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Hatra, Model of a small temple
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort
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Modern painting of Zarathustra
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian
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Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist
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Eburz near Ahuan
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Gotarzes I
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Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates
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Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great
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Fayaz Tepe, Necklace
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Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Parthian musician playing a tanbur
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Kara Tepe, Relief
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Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation
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Hecatompylos, Hill 3
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian
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Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb
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Kampyr Tepe, Houses
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Hatra, Statue of an eagle
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Kangavar, Portico
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Kara Tepe, North, Court
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Isfahan, Zayandeh Rud (and the Si-o-se Bridge)
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Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad
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Eshaqvan, Rock Relief (cast at Taq-e Bostan)
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II
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Gandj Nameh, Waterfall
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Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae
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Tiridates I
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Vologases III
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Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane
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Hamadan, Aqueduct
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Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations
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A mountain valley
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Kangavar, Platform
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Watercourse
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Kara Tepe, West, Caves
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The Elburz from Tepe Hesar
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Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia
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Scortaru, Scythian cauldron
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Tepe Godin, View from the SE
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Artabanus I
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject slng (OP. Zranka = Drangiana)
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Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle
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Vologases V
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Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates
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Artabanus II
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Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs
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Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin
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Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base
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Map of the world of the Scythians
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Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE
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The Avestan world
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Afrosiab, Ruins
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV
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Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject skdy (OP. Sugda = Sogdia)
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Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"
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Phraataces
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject ch3rs3m' (OP. Uvârazmîy = Chorasmia)
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Hatra, Statue of a general
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Arrowheads from Hamadan
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Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae
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Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer
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Oxus, FIsherman
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Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian
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Tepe Hesar, View
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Scythian arrowheads
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Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside
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Hamadan, Sasanian flask
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Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media)
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana
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Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior
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Tepe Godin, Store rooms
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Mithradates I the Great
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Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap
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Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles
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Hecatompylos, Hill 2
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Grey ware from Khurvin
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Tepe Godin, Map
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The Silk Road
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Bowl from Tepe Hesar I
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Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject s3htjl (OP. Bâkhtriš = Bactria)
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Houses in Kampyr Tepe
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Hatra, Parthian pottery
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief, drawing
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians
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Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals
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Geological layers
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Kangavar, Foundations of a wall
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A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)
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Afrosiab, Ditch
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Kangavar, Stairs
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Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II
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The ruins from Ai Khanum
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Zurmala stupa
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Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons
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Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)
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Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food
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Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians
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Susa, Parthian bottle
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Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity
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Zurmala stupa, Brickwork
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Diodotus I of Bactria, coin
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Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads
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Vonones I
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Orodes I
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Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians
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Osroes I
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Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp
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Susa, Oil lamp
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes
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Artabanus III
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Kangavar, General view
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The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus
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Crossing the Elburz
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Hecatompylos, Hill 1
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Orodes II
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Arsaces I
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Tepe sialk, Jar from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with ibexes
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Fayaz Tepe, Fountain
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Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary
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Afrosiab, Big jar
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Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads
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Mithradates II
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A Magian (Oxus Treasure)
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Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III
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Tepe Sialk, Strata
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Kara Tepe, South, Two caves
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Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit
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Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm
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Yazd, Funeral houses
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Vologases VI
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Zurmala stupa
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Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Afrosiab, Ditch
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Amulet of Bes from Iran
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Kyrgyzstan
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Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone
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Mountain plain
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Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders
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Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)
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Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper
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Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion
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Vologases IV
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian
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Ai Khanum, Map
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Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles
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Gabae, Hill
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Derbent Road
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Eucratides I of Bactria
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Ctesiphon, Iwan
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Tus, Statue of Firdausi
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Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel
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The "French trench"
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar
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Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief
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Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby
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Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject hlw3 (OP. Haraiva = Aria)
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Hatra, seen from the air
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Chorasmian coin
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Parthian quarter
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Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork
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Vonones II
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Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians
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The river Oxus
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject sg?shkš (OP Sâka = Scythians)
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Afrosiab, Deformed skulls
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Head of a Parthian
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Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait
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Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery
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Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area
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Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince
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Afrosiab, Ruins
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian
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Demetrius I of Bactria
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Charax
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Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief
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Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)
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Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory
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Behistun Rock, seen from the east
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Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave
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Zurmala stupa
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Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries
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Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear
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Kangavar, Back
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Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers
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Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs
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Artabanus IV
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Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha
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Ahuan, Karwansaray
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Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain
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Afrosiab, Ruins
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Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight
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Tepe Sialk, Iron ore
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Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace
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Kerman, Mountains
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Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)
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Phraates IV
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Bactrian coin
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Kampyr Tepe, Plain
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Tepe Sialk, Cup from the fourth millennium decorated with a human figure
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes
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Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding
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The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent
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Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV
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Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace
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The Zagros west of Qazvin
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Snake amulet
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Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton
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Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary
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Hatra, Statue of Shahiro (?), the morning star
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Orodes III
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Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries
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Axe in the shape of a two-headed demon, mastering a boar and a dragon (Early Bronze Age)
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Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III
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Hamadan, Bull's head
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Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest
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Mithradates IV
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Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall
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Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche
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Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha
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Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes
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Tepe Sialk, Pot from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with an ibex
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Balkh, Corinthian capital
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Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)
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Vardanes I
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Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)
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Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort
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Babylonian map of the western Zagros. A road, a mountain, and a river are indicated.
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Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb
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Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa
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Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court
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Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases
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Tepe Sialk, Southern hill
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae
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Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal
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Zoilus of Bactria
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Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II
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A mounted archer
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Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet
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Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag
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Zurmala stupa, Entrance
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Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject pltiiw3 (OP. Parthava = Parthia)
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Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription
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Koktepa, Scissors
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Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians
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Parthian bowl
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Terraces, north of the mountains
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Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases
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Koktepa, Mirror
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Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask
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Kara Tepe, North, General view
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Phraates II
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Isfahan, Sharestan bridge
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Afrosiab, Persian dish
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Hamadan, Terrace wall
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Phraates III
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Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary
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Vologases II
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Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers
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Hatra, Relief of an eagle, a military standard, and the Sun
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians
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Halchayan, Parthian warrior
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Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian
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Fayaz Tepe, Stupa
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Map of Sogdia
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Kara Tepe, Head
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Hatra, Catapult
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Zanjan Rud
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Sinatruces
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Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base
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Eucratides II of Bactria
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Topraq Qala
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Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign
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Eucratides I of Bactria
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The Zagros, Mountain pass along the road from Hamadan to the west
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Zagros, Incision (a brook cutting its way through the rocks)
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Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort
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Gabae, Hill
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Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases
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Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp
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Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations
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Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells
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Susa, Parthian jar
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Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial
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Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ
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Sarmatian roundel
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Hecatompylos, Square building
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Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age
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Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort
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Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians
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Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium
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The Caspian Sea at Ramsar
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Demetrius I of Bactria
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Parthian mounted archer
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Tepe Godin, The deep sounding
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Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita
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Fayaz Tepe, Stupa
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Hecatompylos, Hill 1
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Ahuan, general view of the edge of the Dasht-e Kavir
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Afrosiab, Christian ossuary
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Hatra, Temple of Šamaš
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Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite
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Behistun, Darius' relief, Frâda (center) and Skunkha (right)
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians
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Monstrous male figure with a water vessel (Early Bronze Age)
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Kara Tepe, Painted pottery
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Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar
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Susa, Letter from Artabanus II, requesting the appointment of one Hecataeus as treasurer
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Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)
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Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians
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Afrosiab, Late pottery
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Kara Tepe, Relief
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Vardanes II
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Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess
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Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model
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Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god
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Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama
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Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag
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Head of a bronze statue of a Parthian prince, found at Shami, Khuzestan
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