Greater Iran

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Kara Tepe, Relief

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Tepe Godin, Map

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

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

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

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Zurmala stupa

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Kangavar, Back

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

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

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

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Kara Tepe, Relief

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

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

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Tepe Hesar, View

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Orodes I

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Kangavar, Stairs

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

Artabanus II

Zanjan Rud

Gabae, Hill

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

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Head of a Parthian

Zurmala stupa

Demetrius I of Bactria

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

The "French trench"

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Orodes III

A mountain valley

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

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

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

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

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Watercourse

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

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

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

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

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

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

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

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

The ruins from Ai Khanum

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

Afrosiab, Big jar

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Terraces, north of the mountains

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Grey ware from Khurvin

Artabanus IV

Phraates IV

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Susa, Parthian jar

Gabae, Hill

Bactrian coin

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Kara Tepe, Head

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Geological layers

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Eucratides I of Bactria

Vologases III

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Yazd, Funeral houses

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Sinatruces

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Kara Tepe, Head

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Vonones II

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Susa, Oil lamp

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Kangavar, Portico

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Crossing the Elburz

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Koktepa, Mirror

Hamadan, Bull's head

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Kara Tepe, Head

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Vardanes I

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Map of Sogdia

Vologases VI

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Mithradates I the Great

Vologases II

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Vonones I

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Oxus, FIsherman

Vologases V

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Hatra, seen from the air

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Hatra, Statue of a general

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

Phraates II

Artabanus III

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Eburz near Ahuan

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Afrosiab, Ruins

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Vardanes II

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Hatra, Catapult

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

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Parthian quarter

The river Oxus

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Arsaces I

Kara Tepe, Relief

Charax

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Sarmatian roundel

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Eucratides II of Bactria

Susa, Parthian bottle

Osroes I

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

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

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

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

Snake amulet

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Afrosiab, Ruins

Gotarzes II

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Ai Khanum, Map

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Hyrcania, Terraces

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Zurmala stupa

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Mithradates II

Hecatompylos, Square building

Kangavar, General view

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Demetrius I of Bactria

Koktepa, Scissors

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Map of the world of the Scythians

Kangavar, Platform

Topraq Qala

Afrosiab, Ruins

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

A mounted archer

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

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

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Phraates III

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Eucratides I of Bactria

Artabanus I

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Axes from Luristan

Parthian mounted archer

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Kerman, Mountains

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

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

The Avestan world

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Scythian arrowheads

Phraataces

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Parthian bowl

Orodes II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Chorasmian coin

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

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Tiridates I

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

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Kyrgyzstan

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

The Silk Road

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Vologases IV

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Mountain plain

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Derbent Road

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Gotarzes I

Mithradates IV

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Zoilus of Bactria

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel