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