Greater Iran

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Afrosiab, Ditch

Ctesiphon, Iwan

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Vologases VI

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

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

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Vologases II

Demetrius I of Bactria

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Bactrian coin

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Phraataces

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

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

Arsaces I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Map of the world of the Scythians

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Afrosiab, Big jar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Mountain plain

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Mithradates II

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Orodes I

Hatra, Catapult

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Crossing the Elburz

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

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Vardanes I

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

Kangavar, Portico

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

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

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Afrosiab, Ditch

Gabae, Hill

A mountain valley

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Snake amulet

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hamadan, Bull's head

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

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

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Map of Sogdia

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Parthian mounted archer

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Sinatruces

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Sarmatian roundel

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Phraates II

Mithradates IV

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Head of a Parthian

Phraates III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Artabanus III

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Vologases V

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Zurmala stupa

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Vologases IV

Eucratides I of Bactria

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Zurmala stupa

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

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

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Terraces, north of the mountains

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Hecatompylos, Square building

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Ai Khanum, Map

Tepe Godin, Map

Koktepa, Mirror

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hyrcania, Terraces

Kerman, Mountains

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Eucratides II of Bactria

Topraq Qala

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Zurmala stupa

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

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

Tepe Hesar, View

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Kara Tepe, Relief

Kangavar, Platform

Susa, Oil lamp

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Eucratides I of Bactria

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Vologases III

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

A mounted archer

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

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

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Geological layers

Susa, Parthian jar

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Chorasmian coin

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Afrosiab, Ruins

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Phraates IV

Mithradates I the Great

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Kara Tepe, Head

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

Gotarzes I

The Silk Road

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

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Afrosiab, Ruins

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Kangavar, Back

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

The "French trench"

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

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Derbent Road

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

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

Artabanus IV

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

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Afrosiab, Ruins

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Vonones I

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

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Zoilus of Bactria

The river Oxus

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Demetrius I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Susa, Parthian bottle

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Oxus, FIsherman

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

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Eburz near Ahuan

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Zanjan Rud

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Yazd, Funeral houses

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Artabanus II

Vardanes II

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Scythian arrowheads

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Kyrgyzstan

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Kara Tepe, Head

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Kara Tepe, Relief

Orodes II

Artabanus I

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Gotarzes II

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Grey ware from Khurvin

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

The Avestan world

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Orodes III

Hatra, Statue of a general

Tiridates I

Gabae, Hill

Kara Tepe, Head

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Koktepa, Scissors

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

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

Parthian quarter

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Kangavar, General view

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Vonones II

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Parthian bowl

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

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

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Hatra, seen from the air

Hamadan, Terrace wall

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Watercourse

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Osroes I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

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

Charax

Kangavar, Stairs

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Axes from Luristan