Greater Iran

Phraataces

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Hatra, Catapult

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Phraates III

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

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

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Zoilus of Bactria

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

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

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

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

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Eucratides I of Bactria

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Koktepa, Scissors

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Demetrius I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ditch

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Mithradates II

Yazd, Funeral houses

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Gabae, Hill

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

The Silk Road

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

Tiridates I

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Watercourse

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Sarmatian roundel

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Ai Khanum, Map

Kara Tepe, Relief

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Eucratides I of Bactria

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

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

Zurmala stupa

Bactrian coin

Kangavar, Platform

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Afrosiab, Big jar

Kangavar, Back

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Map of the world of the Scythians

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Artabanus II

Parthian mounted archer

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

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

The Avestan world

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Phraates II

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Hatra, seen from the air

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Kara Tepe, Head

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

The river Oxus

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Orodes III

Tepe Hesar, View

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

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

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Zurmala stupa

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Gabae, Hill

Artabanus IV

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Susa, Parthian jar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Kyrgyzstan

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Koktepa, Mirror

Terraces, north of the mountains

Hatra, Statue of a general

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Chorasmian coin

Mithradates I the Great

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Phraates IV

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Susa, Oil lamp

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Grey ware from Khurvin

Vardanes I

Osroes I

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Geological layers

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Demetrius I of Bactria

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Hecatompylos, Square building

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Vonones II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

The "French trench"

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Mithradates IV

Kerman, Mountains

Orodes II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Kara Tepe, Head

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

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

Eucratides II of Bactria

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

Vardanes II

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

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Kara Tepe, Head

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Vologases VI

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Map of Sogdia

A mounted archer

Crossing the Elburz

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

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

Snake amulet

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Tepe Godin, Map

Gotarzes I

Eburz near Ahuan

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Oxus, FIsherman

Susa, Parthian bottle

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Orodes I

Scythian arrowheads

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Artabanus III

Kangavar, Stairs

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

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

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Mountain plain

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Kangavar, Portico

Arsaces I

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Head of a Parthian

A mountain valley

Axes from Luristan

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Hyrcania, Terraces

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Derbent Road

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

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Afrosiab, Ruins

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Hamadan, Bull's head

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

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

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

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

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

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

Vologases II

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Vologases V

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

Zanjan Rud

Artabanus I

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Vonones I

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Vologases III

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Parthian bowl

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Vologases IV

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Kara Tepe, Relief

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Topraq Qala

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

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

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Kangavar, General view

Charax

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

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

Arrowheads from Hamadan

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

Zurmala stupa

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Gotarzes II

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Parthian quarter

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Sinatruces

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east