Mayan carvings on Stela, Tikal, Guatemala, Central America Suleymaniye complex overlooking the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey Carved relief of four Royal Persian Guards, facade of Private Palace of Darius the Great Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef, Belize, Central America Castello Di Gabbiano Across A Misty Valley, San Casciano, Tuscany, Italy Panzano In Chianti, Vineyards, Cypresses And Olive Trees With Farmhouses, Tuscany, Italy Ambergris Cay, near San Pedro, the second longest reef in the world, Belize Carved relief of Royal Persian Guards, Apadana Palace, Persepolis, Iran Interior of the dome of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran Interior of dome of VankCathedral with Archbishop's throne in foreground, Isfahan, Iran Aerial view of Tehran facing North towards the Alborz Mountains, Tehran, Iran Detail of ceramic tiles on wall in Isfahan blue, Imam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran Ceiling of Tomb of Hafez, Iran's most famous poet, 1325-1389, Shiraz, Iran The Pyramids, Giza, with Cairo beyond, Egypt, North Africa View across bay to Rio from Museo de Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The 48 carved column prayer hall, Masjed-e VakilShiraz, Iran Lamu fort, Lamu Old Town, Lamu Island, Kenya, East Africa, Africa Mural, VankCathedral, Isfahan, Iran Plates of traditional food, Cairo, Egypt, Africa Broken bull column in foreground, Persepolis, Iran Carved relief of Darius the Great, builder of Persepolis, Iran All Nations Gateway, Persepolis, Iran Ceiling of entrance portal in Isfahan blue, Imam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran All Nations Gateway, Persepolis, Iran The cathedral and skyline of the city of Brno in South Moravia, Czech Republic Hiker at Lomnicky Stit, High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia, Europe View across Naqsh-eSquare, from Ali Qapu Palace, Isfahan, Iran Late afternoon at the shops on Naqsh-e JahanSquare, Isfahan, Iran View across Naqsh-eSquare, from Ali Qapu Palace, Iran Lake Issyk-Kul at Balikchi, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia Main Sanctuary, Imam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran Three Iranian women walking through the Bagh-e EramShiraz, Iran View across Naqsh-eSquare from Ali Qapu Palace opposite Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Iran Interior of dome of VankCathedral, Isfahan, Iran Gardens of Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran View across Naqsh-eSquare from Ali Qapu Palace, Iran Tomb of Cyrus the Great, 576-530 BC, Pasargadae, Iran Tourists walking in front of Tomb of Darius the Great, Iran Carved relief of the Investiture of Ardashir I, Iran Aerial view of yet another traffic jam, Tehran, Iran Tiled archway in Isfahan blue, Imam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran Interior of the dome of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran Tombs of Ataxerxes I and Darius the Great, Iran Overview of Persepolis from Tomb of Artaxerxes III, Palace of 100 Columns in foreground Ice house for preserving ice, Arbukuh, near Yazd, Iran Detail from relief of 100 soldiers on a door jamb of the Palace of 100 Columns, Iran View over buildings from city centre towards Alborz Mountains, Tehran, Iran Entrance of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran Page 2