Greater Iran

Parthian bowl

Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium

Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Eburz near Ahuan

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

Afrosiab, Ditch

Vologases II

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians

Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer

Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite

Tepe Sialk, Strata

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates

Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription

Diodotus I of Bactria, coin

Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Gotarzes II

Afrosiab, Ruins

Hatra, Statue of an eagle

The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ

Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear

Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha

Ai Khanum, Map

Mithradates IV

Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)

Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court

Orodes I

Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)

Demetrius I of Bactria

Sinatruces

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

The Silk Road

Kangavar, General view

Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

The Zagros west of Qazvin

Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita

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

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

Zanjan Rud

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

Map of Sogdia

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

Mithradates I the Great

Gotarzes I

Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet

Yazd, Funeral houses

Osroes I

Zurmala stupa

Kampyr Tepe, Houses

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside

Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE

Kangavar, Back

Ctesiphon, Iwan

Afrosiab, Ruins

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians

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

Sarmatian roundel

Eucratides I of Bactria

Snake amulet

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

Gabae, Hill

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Gandj Nameh, Waterfall

Phraates II

Kampyr Tepe, Plain

Tepe Hesar, Figurine

Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians

Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin

Hecatompylos, Square building

Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base

Zoilus of Bactria

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

Halchayan, Parthian warrior

Susa, Oil lamp

Orodes II

Hatra, Temple of Šamaš

Phraataces

Map of the world of the Scythians

Fayaz Tepe, Fountain

Afrosiab, Ruins

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)

Tepe Godin, Map

Hatra, Catapult

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary

Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel

Tepe Godin, View from the SE

Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait

Axes from Luristan

Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign

Eucratides II of Bactria

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians

Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes

Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Watercourse

Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases

Zurmala stupa, Entrance

Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle

Kara Tepe, Painted pottery

Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries

Bowl from Tepe Hesar I

Koktepa, Scissors

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae

Tus, Statue of Firdausi

Afrosiab, Big jar

The Caspian Sea at Ramsar

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha

Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian

Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha

Geological layers

Zurmala stupa, Brickwork

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

Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads

The "French trench"

Hatra, Model of a small temple

Kangavar, Platform

Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer

Hatra, seen from the air

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian

Kara Tepe, Relief

Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance

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

Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II

Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)

Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food

Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad

Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort

Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing

Tiridates I

Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian

Kangavar, Stairs

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Hatra, Statue of a general

Kara Tepe, Head

Kara Tepe, North, General view

Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave

Ahuan, Karwansaray

Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east

Fayaz Tepe, Necklace

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes

Demetrius I of Bactria

Parthian quarter

Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana

Koktepa, Mirror

Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations

The Elburz from Tepe Hesar

Arsaces I

Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand

Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers

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

The Avestan world

Parthian musician playing a tanbur

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

Zurmala stupa

Hyrcania, Terraces

Ctesiphon, Iwan

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

Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal

Artabanus IV

Hecatompylos, Hill 1

Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers

Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II

A mounted archer

Zurmala stupa

Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper

Kara Tepe, Head

Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)

Vologases VI

Artabanus III

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II

Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess

Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial

Terraces, north of the mountains

Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs

Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding

Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot

Charax

Hamadan, Sasanian flask

Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria

Hamadan, Aqueduct

The ruins from Ai Khanum

Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa

Hecatompylos, Hill 3

Balkh, Corinthian capital

Afrosiab, Deformed skulls

Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases

Afrosiab, Late pottery

Vologases V

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

Vologases IV

Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama

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

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

Tepe Godin, Store rooms

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III

Kara Tepe, Head

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

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

Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles

Susa, Parthian bottle

Tepe Sialk, Northern hill

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort

Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians

Vonones I

Kara Tepe, Relief

Artabanus I

Crossing the Elburz

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

Fayaz Tepe, Stupa

Arrowheads from Hamadan

Hamadan, Bull's head

Scortaru, Scythian cauldron

Amulet of Bes from Iran

Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian

Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone

Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion

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

Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)

Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask

Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)

Tepe Godin, The deep sounding

Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"

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

Phraates III

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

Kara Tepe, West, Caves

Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons

Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief

Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork

The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent

Head of a Parthian

Vologases III

Afrosiab, Ditch

Tepe Hesar, View

Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap

Susa, Parthian jar

Afrosiab, Persian dish

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

Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes

Vonones II

Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes

Kangavar, Portico

Gabae, Hill

Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area

Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Vardanes II

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian

Bactrian coin

Mithradates II

Hecatompylos, Hill 2

Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation

Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit

Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight

Tepe Sialk, Southern hill

Eucratides I of Bactria

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat

Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm

Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot

Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV

Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian

Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb

Modern painting of Zarathustra

Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases

Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane

Phraates IV

Topraq Qala

Kyrgyzstan

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle

Isfahan, Sharestan bridge

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

Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders

A mountain valley

Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior

Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort

The river Oxus

Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"

Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base

Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort

Parthian mounted archer

Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity

Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace

Kerman, Mountains

Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells

Orodes III

Artabanus II

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

Kangavar, Foundations of a wall

Oxus, FIsherman

Chorasmian coin

Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery

Tepe Sialk, Iron ore

Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag

Houses in Kampyr Tepe

Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall

Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians

Hamadan, Terrace wall

Hatra, Parthian pottery

Kara Tepe, South, Two caves

A Magian (Oxus Treasure)

Scythian arrowheads

Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb

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

Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model

Behistun Rock, seen from the east

Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary

Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche

Kara Tepe, North, Court

Kara Tepe, Relief

Vardanes I

Derbent Road

Mountain plain

Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians

Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age

Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III

Grey ware from Khurvin