Greater Iran

Parthian mounted archer

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Zoilus of Bactria

Mountain plain

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

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Phraates IV

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Kara Tepe, Relief

Hecatompylos, Square building

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Hatra, seen from the air

Kangavar, Stairs

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Gabae, Hill

Kara Tepe, Relief

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

Demetrius I of Bactria

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Snake amulet

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Parthian bowl

Hatra, Statue of a general

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

The Zagros west of Qazvin

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Kangavar, Portico

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Grey ware from Khurvin

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Mithradates IV

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

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

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

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Tepe Hesar, View

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Yazd, Funeral houses

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

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Scythian arrowheads

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

The "French trench"

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Zurmala stupa

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Mithradates II

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Terraces, north of the mountains

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Kyrgyzstan

Zurmala stupa

Gabae, Hill

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

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Gotarzes I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Afrosiab, Big jar

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Tepe Godin, Map

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Zurmala stupa

A mountain valley

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Vologases V

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

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

Watercourse

Kangavar, Back

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Orodes III

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Eucratides I of Bactria

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

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

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Axes from Luristan

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Susa, Parthian jar

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

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

Gotarzes II

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Hyrcania, Terraces

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

The Silk Road

Hamadan, Aqueduct

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

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Geological layers

Kara Tepe, Head

Ai Khanum, Map

Orodes II

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

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

Afrosiab, Ruins

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Artabanus IV

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Derbent Road

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Map of Sogdia

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Eburz near Ahuan

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Charax

Koktepa, Scissors

Kangavar, General view

Tiridates I

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Vardanes I

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Chorasmian coin

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

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

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Demetrius I of Bactria

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Afrosiab, Ditch

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Arsaces I

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Tepe Sialk, Strata

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

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Crossing the Elburz

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Eucratides II of Bactria

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Vardanes II

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Kara Tepe, Head

Bactrian coin

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

The river Oxus

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

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Sarmatian roundel

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Topraq Qala

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Susa, Oil lamp

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Vonones II

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Hatra, Catapult

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Afrosiab, Ditch

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Oxus, FIsherman

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Artabanus III

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Eucratides I of Bactria

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Vologases VI

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

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

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Parthian quarter

The Avestan world

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Zanjan Rud

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Phraates III

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

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

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

A mounted archer

Sinatruces

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

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

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Vologases II

Vonones I

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Map of the world of the Scythians

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Vologases IV

Phraataces

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Kangavar, Platform

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Artabanus II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Orodes I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Koktepa, Mirror

Artabanus I

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Susa, Parthian bottle

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Vologases III

Kerman, Mountains

Head of a Parthian

Phraates II

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Hamadan, Bull's head

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Mithradates I the Great

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Osroes I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

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

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

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