Greater Iran

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Snake amulet

Osroes I

The "French trench"

Charax

Crossing the Elburz

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Artabanus III

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Eburz near Ahuan

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Gabae, Hill

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Vologases V

Phraates III

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Phraataces

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

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

Map of Sogdia

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Artabanus IV

Ai Khanum, Map

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Vologases II

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

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

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Hecatompylos, Square building

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Koktepa, Mirror

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

Parthian mounted archer

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Parthian quarter

Hyrcania, Terraces

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

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

Orodes II

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Susa, Parthian jar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Mithradates II

The Avestan world

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Sarmatian roundel

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Sinatruces

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

The Silk Road

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Kangavar, Portico

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

Kara Tepe, Head

Head of a Parthian

Phraates II

Artabanus II

Mithradates IV

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Vonones II

Kangavar, Platform

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

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Kangavar, Back

Watercourse

Axes from Luristan

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

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Geological layers

Chorasmian coin

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Orodes III

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Demetrius I of Bactria

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Scythian arrowheads

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Eucratides I of Bactria

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Koktepa, Scissors

Vonones I

The river Oxus

Map of the world of the Scythians

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Artabanus I

Zurmala stupa

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

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

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Tiridates I

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Kerman, Mountains

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Kara Tepe, Head

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Zanjan Rud

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Arsaces I

Demetrius I of Bactria

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Terraces, north of the mountains

Hamadan, Bull's head

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Zurmala stupa

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Kyrgyzstan

Zurmala stupa

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Oxus, FIsherman

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Orodes I

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

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

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Derbent Road

Vardanes II

Susa, Oil lamp

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Kara Tepe, Head

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Yazd, Funeral houses

Zoilus of Bactria

Mithradates I the Great

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Hatra, Statue of a general

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Hatra, Catapult

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

Grey ware from Khurvin

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Afrosiab, Ruins

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

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

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Bactrian coin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Susa, Parthian bottle

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

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

Phraates IV

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

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Vologases III

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

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

A mountain valley

Amulet of Bes from Iran

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Eucratides II of Bactria

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Kangavar, General view

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

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

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

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

Mountain plain

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Vologases IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Parthian bowl

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

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

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

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

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

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

Tepe Hesar, View

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Kara Tepe, Relief

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

Kara Tepe, Relief

A mounted archer

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Afrosiab, Ruins

Gotarzes I

Vardanes I

Afrosiab, Big jar

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

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Kangavar, Stairs

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Gabae, Hill

Vologases VI

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tepe Godin, Map

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Afrosiab, Ditch

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Gotarzes II

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Hatra, seen from the air

Afrosiab, Ruins

Topraq Qala