
Koreit Largely abandoned desert village near Tabas - wrecked in an earthquake in 1978.
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Koreit
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War memorial arch Arch commemorating the Iran-Iraq War, made of shell casings.
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Desert highway The deserts of eastern Iran. This is roughly where the hostage rescue attempt...
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Caravanserai Abandoned desert stopover on the old camel trail.
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Yazd wind tower Yazd, towards the Pakistani border, is famous for its wind towers,...
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Yazd Arch with tilework, minarets and "stalactites."
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Carpet-maker This is how Persian carpets are made!
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Yazd The facade of the market, with a ceremonial coffin (the big leaf-shaped...
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Yazd wind towers Yazd has lots of these towers, tall, short, thin, fat...
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Yazd wind tower But this is the tallest in town.
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Yazd wind tower A better look - this used to be the governor's residence.
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Towers of Silence The Zoroastrians used to leave their dead on top of these for the...
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Towers of Silence
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Gas station Petrol is literally cheaper than water. Bottled mineral water anyway.
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Bam A town built of mud. No longer inhabited.
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Bam View over the city of Bam from the entrance gate, with the citadel on the...
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Bam View over the stables, taken from the citadel.
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Persepolis Persepolis, the ancient Persian capital, sacked by Alexander of Macedon (they...
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Persepolis View of the palace at Persepolis.
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Persepolis Another common motif, a lion attacking an antelope.
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Persepolis The head of a lion - much bigger than life-size!
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Persepolis The famous double-headed griffin, now a symbol of modern Iran.
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Persepolis The griffin from another angle.
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Persepolis More ruined statuary in Persepolis. To be honest I'm not sure what this is!
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Persepolis Remains of a hall of columns; all that is left is their pedestals.
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Persepolis More statuary; a sphinx, perhaps.
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Tomb of Xerxes At Nasqht-e Rustam, near Perspolis, are the tombs of the kings of Persia, cut...
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Tomb of Xerxes Here's a better look at Xerxes' tomb, with me in the...
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Tombs of Persian Kings From left to right, Darius II, Artaxerxes and Darius I.
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Tomb of Cyrus Nearby, Cyrus's tomb is a more convential mausoleum.
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Pasargad The site of Cyrus's palace. There's not much left now but a few columns.
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Pasargad school Pasargad is the site of Cyrus's palace. But this is the modern town nearby.
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Isfahan Isfahan is an extremely beautiful city, with exquisite Persian architecture....
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Isfahan This is the so-called "ladies mosque" on Imam Square.
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Isfahan This is the enormous mosque on another face of Imam Square.
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Isfahan Another view of the same mosque.
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Isfahan mosque
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