Greater Iran

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Tiridates I

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

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

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Demetrius I of Bactria

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

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

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Chorasmian coin

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Zanjan Rud

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Crossing the Elburz

Vologases II

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Phraataces

Vologases V

Watercourse

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Mithradates I the Great

Map of Sogdia

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Zoilus of Bactria

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Zurmala stupa

Bactrian coin

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

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

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Afrosiab, Big jar

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Mithradates IV

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

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

Hatra, Statue of a general

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Afrosiab, Ditch

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Eburz near Ahuan

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Yazd, Funeral houses

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

The Silk Road

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Zurmala stupa

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Vologases III

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

Afrosiab, Ruins

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Kangavar, Stairs

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Eucratides I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Osroes I

Artabanus III

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

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

Demetrius I of Bactria

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

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Hecatompylos, Square building

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Parthian quarter

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

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Hamadan, Terrace wall

The river Oxus

Kara Tepe, Head

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Koktepa, Mirror

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Head of a Parthian

Eucratides II of Bactria

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Mountain plain

Snake amulet

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Kangavar, Portico

Vologases IV

Oxus, FIsherman

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Afrosiab, Ruins

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

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

Geological layers

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Vardanes II

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Orodes I

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Sinatruces

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Afrosiab, Ditch

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Artabanus I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Susa, Parthian jar

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

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

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Kara Tepe, Relief

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Koktepa, Scissors

Hatra, seen from the air

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

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Orodes III

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Vonones II

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Gotarzes II

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kangavar, Back

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Artabanus IV

Kangavar, General view

Axes from Luristan

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Vonones I

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

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

Gabae, Hill

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Kangavar, Platform

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Arsaces I

Hatra, Catapult

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Scythian arrowheads

Map of the world of the Scythians

Ai Khanum, Map

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Charax

Phraates IV

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Kyrgyzstan

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Hyrcania, Terraces

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Parthian mounted archer

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

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

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

Phraates II

A mountain valley

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Sarmatian roundel

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Kara Tepe, Head

Zurmala stupa

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

The "French trench"

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Phraates III

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

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

Susa, Parthian bottle

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Grey ware from Khurvin

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

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

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Kara Tepe, Head

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

The Avestan world

Vardanes I

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Hamadan, Bull's head

Tepe Hesar, View

Susa, Oil lamp

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Gotarzes I

Vologases VI

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

Gabae, Hill

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Tepe Godin, Map

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

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

Derbent Road

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

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

A mounted archer

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Afrosiab, Ruins

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Parthian bowl

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Mithradates II

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Artabanus II

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Orodes II

Terraces, north of the mountains

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Kerman, Mountains

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

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

Topraq Qala

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves