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