Persia before Islam: from prehistoric to the Sassanian era


Tehran:museums

Hamadan: Median capital

Kangavar, Anahita Temple: Parthian era

Kermanshah:  Sassanid and Achemenian bas-reliefs

Ahwaz: Tchoga Zanbil : sacred city of the Elamites 

Susa: one of the first cities of humanity

Persepolis, Passargades, Firozabad, Bishabour: Achemenian and Sassanid heritage

Bam: city of bricks founded in the Parthian period

Esfahan : Sassanid remains and Islamic monuments