Greater Iran

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Koktepa, Scissors

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

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Scythian arrowheads

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Kangavar, Stairs

Topraq Qala

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Mithradates IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Phraates IV

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Artabanus I

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Map of the world of the Scythians

Terraces, north of the mountains

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

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

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

Vardanes I

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Gotarzes I

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

The river Oxus

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Demetrius I of Bactria

Susa, Parthian jar

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Vologases V

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

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

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

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Watercourse

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Vologases III

Charax

Head of a Parthian

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Sinatruces

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Mithradates II

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

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

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Crossing the Elburz

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

The "French trench"

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Zanjan Rud

Axes from Luristan

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

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

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Vonones II

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Vologases II

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Geological layers

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Kara Tepe, Relief

Kara Tepe, Relief

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Phraates III

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

A mounted archer

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Tepe Godin, Map

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Oxus, FIsherman

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

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

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Hatra, Statue of a general

Afrosiab, Ditch

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

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

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

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

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Chorasmian coin

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Afrosiab, Ditch

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Yazd, Funeral houses

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

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

Sarmatian roundel

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Vardanes II

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Eucratides II of Bactria

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Parthian quarter

Hyrcania, Terraces

Mountain plain

Vologases IV

Arsaces I

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Zurmala stupa

Kerman, Mountains

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Kangavar, Portico

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Hatra, seen from the air

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Hamadan, Bull's head

Bactrian coin

Hatra, Catapult

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

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

Zoilus of Bactria

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Ruins

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Derbent Road

Eucratides I of Bactria

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Artabanus II

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

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

Afrosiab, Ruins

Kangavar, Platform

Gabae, Hill

Zurmala stupa

Kara Tepe, Head

Tiridates I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

The Silk Road

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Kara Tepe, Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Artabanus IV

Eburz near Ahuan

Vologases VI

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Kangavar, Back

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Osroes I

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Kara Tepe, Head

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Vonones I

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Artabanus III

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Tepe Sialk, Strata

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Parthian mounted archer

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Ai Khanum, Map

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

A mountain valley

Gotarzes II

Afrosiab, Big jar

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

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

Map of Sogdia

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

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

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Parthian bowl

Orodes I

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Ahuan, Karwansaray

The Avestan world

Orodes III

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Eucratides I of Bactria

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Phraataces

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Zurmala stupa

Grey ware from Khurvin

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

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Phraates II

Orodes II

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Mithradates I the Great

Kangavar, General view

Susa, Parthian bottle

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Kyrgyzstan

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

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

Susa, Oil lamp

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

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

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

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Koktepa, Mirror

Tepe Hesar, View

Gabae, Hill

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Hecatompylos, Square building

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Demetrius I of Bactria

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Snake amulet

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