Greater Iran

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Kangavar, Portico

Eucratides II of Bactria

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Arsaces I

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Susa, Parthian jar

Kara Tepe, Relief

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Tepe Hesar, View

Yazd, Funeral houses

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Parthian bowl

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Eucratides I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Artabanus III

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Afrosiab, Ruins

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

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

Mithradates IV

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Zurmala stupa

Gotarzes I

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Head of a Parthian

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Topraq Qala

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

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

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Phraates II

A mounted archer

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Zurmala stupa

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Ditch

The Avestan world

Afrosiab, Ruins

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

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

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Vologases V

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Vologases III

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Snake amulet

Afrosiab, Persian dish

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

Sarmatian roundel

Gotarzes II

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Kerman, Mountains

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Vonones I

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

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

Eburz near Ahuan

Mithradates II

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Orodes I

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

Sinatruces

Phraates IV

Orodes III

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

The "French trench"

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Artabanus II

Vologases IV

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Hatra, seen from the air

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

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Koktepa, Mirror

Vardanes II

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Hatra, Catapult

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Vonones II

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

A mountain valley

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

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

Hatra, Statue of a general

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

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

The Silk Road

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

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

Eucratides I of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Charax

Gabae, Hill

The river Oxus

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Kangavar, General view

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

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

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Map of Sogdia

Hecatompylos, Square building

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

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Susa, Parthian bottle

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Chorasmian coin

Parthian quarter

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Koktepa, Scissors

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Tiridates I

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Crossing the Elburz

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

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Zanjan Rud

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

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

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

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

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Hyrcania, Terraces

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Kara Tepe, Head

Geological layers

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Terraces, north of the mountains

Balkh, Corinthian capital

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Grey ware from Khurvin

Kangavar, Back

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Zurmala stupa

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

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

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

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Gabae, Hill

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Ai Khanum, Map

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Osroes I

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Vologases II

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Parthian mounted archer

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Kara Tepe, Head

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Bactrian coin

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Demetrius I of Bactria

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Watercourse

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Scythian arrowheads

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Kangavar, Stairs

Demetrius I of Bactria

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Afrosiab, Big jar

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

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

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Susa, Oil lamp

Mithradates I the Great

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Orodes II

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Artabanus IV

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

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

Oxus, FIsherman

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Hamadan, Bull's head

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

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

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Mountain plain

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

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

Kara Tepe, Head

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Map of the world of the Scythians

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Derbent Road

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Afrosiab, Ditch

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Vologases VI

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Tepe Godin, Map

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kara Tepe, Relief

Artabanus I

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Vardanes I

Afrosiab, Ruins

Axes from Luristan

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Zoilus of Bactria

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Kyrgyzstan

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Kangavar, Platform

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Phraates III

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

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

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Phraataces