Greater Iran

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Gotarzes II

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Parthian quarter

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Kangavar, Platform

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Afrosiab, Ruins

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

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

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Vardanes II

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

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

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Phraataces

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Grey ware from Khurvin

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Demetrius I of Bactria

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Hatra, Statue of a general

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Geological layers

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Kara Tepe, Head

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Hyrcania, Terraces

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Demetrius I of Bactria

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Koktepa, Mirror

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

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

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Scythian arrowheads

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

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

Gotarzes I

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

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

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Afrosiab, Big jar

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Yazd, Funeral houses

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Arsaces I

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

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

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Artabanus III

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

Phraates IV

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

A mounted archer

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Kara Tepe, Relief

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

The "French trench"

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Phraates II

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Eucratides II of Bactria

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Kyrgyzstan

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

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

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

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Vonones II

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

The river Oxus

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Oxus, FIsherman

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Susa, Parthian jar

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Zanjan Rud

Kangavar, General view

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

Artabanus I

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

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Tepe Hesar, View

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Map of the world of the Scythians

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Afrosiab, Ruins

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Kara Tepe, Head

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

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

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Sarmatian roundel

Map of Sogdia

Artabanus II

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

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Mithradates I the Great

Hamadan, Aqueduct

Parthian mounted archer

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Hatra, Catapult

Afrosiab, Ditch

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Hamadan, Bull's head

Sinatruces

Parthian bowl

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Zurmala stupa

Kangavar, Portico

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

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

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Kara Tepe, Head

Ahuan, Karwansaray

A mountain valley

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Mountain plain

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

Osroes I

Vologases VI

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

Eburz near Ahuan

Zurmala stupa

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Gabae, Hill

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Kara Tepe, Relief

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

Hatra, seen from the air

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Kara Tepe, Relief

Vonones I

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Eucratides I of Bactria

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Derbent Road

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Ai Khanum, Map

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Afrosiab, Persian dish

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Kangavar, Stairs

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Zoilus of Bactria

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

Tepe Godin, Map

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Vologases IV

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

Vologases III

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

Topraq Qala

Koktepa, Scissors

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

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

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Chorasmian coin

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Axes from Luristan

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Crossing the Elburz

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Afrosiab, Ruins

The Silk Road

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Mithradates II

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Zurmala stupa

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

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Charax

Tiridates I

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Phraates III

Hatra, Model of a small temple

The Avestan world

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

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Bactrian coin

Watercourse

Vardanes I

Hecatompylos, Square building

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Kangavar, Back

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Susa, Oil lamp

Orodes III

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Artabanus IV

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

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Orodes II

Gabae, Hill

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

Kerman, Mountains

Vologases V

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Vologases II

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Orodes I

Head of a Parthian

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

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

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Eucratides I of Bactria

Mithradates IV

Susa, Parthian bottle

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Terraces, north of the mountains

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Snake amulet

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