Greater Iran

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Chorasmian coin

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Geological layers

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Phraates II

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

Watercourse

Vardanes II

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Phraates IV

Derbent Road

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Vologases II

Charax

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Zoilus of Bactria

The Avestan world

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Kangavar, Platform

Grey ware from Khurvin

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Vologases IV

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Mountain plain

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Sinatruces

Afrosiab, Ruins

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Gotarzes II

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Hatra, seen from the air

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Terraces, north of the mountains

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

The river Oxus

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Artabanus III

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

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

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Mithradates I the Great

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

Afrosiab, Ruins

Vologases III

Mithradates IV

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

The Silk Road

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Eucratides I of Bactria

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Zanjan Rud

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Arsaces I

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Gabae, Hill

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

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

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Kara Tepe, Head

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Afrosiab, Ditch

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Orodes III

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

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

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Map of the world of the Scythians

Crossing the Elburz

Hamadan, Bull's head

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

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Gotarzes I

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

The "French trench"

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Hatra, Statue of a general

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

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

Kara Tepe, Head

Topraq Qala

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

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

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Afrosiab, Persian dish

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

Tiridates I

Kara Tepe, Head

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Hyrcania, Terraces

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Phraates III

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Artabanus IV

Afrosiab, Ditch

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Susa, Oil lamp

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Afrosiab, Big jar

Hatra, Catapult

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Afrosiab, Ruins

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Hecatompylos, Square building

Eucratides I of Bactria

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

Kangavar, General view

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Artabanus I

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

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

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Orodes II

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Scythian arrowheads

Kangavar, Stairs

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Gabae, Hill

Ai Khanum, Map

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Osroes I

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Zurmala stupa

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Tepe Godin, Map

Kyrgyzstan

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Kangavar, Portico

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

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

A mounted archer

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Koktepa, Mirror

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Kerman, Mountains

Koktepa, Scissors

Demetrius I of Bactria

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Vologases V

A mountain valley

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

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

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Mithradates II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Susa, Parthian bottle

Parthian quarter

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Hamadan, Aqueduct

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

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

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Kara Tepe, Relief

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kangavar, Back

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

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

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

Tepe Hesar, View

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Phraataces

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

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

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Parthian mounted archer

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Vardanes I

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Zurmala stupa

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Vonones II

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Demetrius I of Bactria

Vonones I

Zurmala stupa

Vologases VI

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

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

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

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

Yazd, Funeral houses

Parthian bowl

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Oxus, FIsherman

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

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

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Susa, Parthian jar

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Eburz near Ahuan

Bactrian coin

Eucratides II of Bactria

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

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

Sarmatian roundel

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Afrosiab, Late pottery

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

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Artabanus II

Map of Sogdia

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Orodes I

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

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

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

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

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

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Head of a Parthian

Axes from Luristan

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Snake amulet

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base