1) Some of the clothing: this style with a tail is fairly unique to Pazyryk culture & this era. But also something you will likely see in the next decade at a fashion show...
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Belts
Belt buckles and decorations, whether among Parthians or other Iranian groups, were similarly placed on the belts
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2) Pointed caps, headwear & hair
The Massagetae, likely the same as the Sakā tigraxaudā (Old Persian: 𐎿𐎣𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎧𐎢𐎭𐎠 Sakā tigraxaudā, "wearer of pointed caps") were an ancient Eastern Iranian Saka people who inhabited the steppes of Central Asia
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Not every Scythian tribe & group had these massive caps & hair decorations
But the Pazyryk group seems to have had long hair decorations, at least for women
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We can also see the long caps & headwear among some other Scythian groups,
4: Issyk kurgan, Kazakhstan
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We can for example compare the long headwear from Issyk kurgan, ~ 4th or 3rd century BCE
to photo 4: reconstruction from Arzhan, site of early #Scythian kurgan burials in the Tuva Republic, Russia: ~ 8th–7th C BCE
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To some other examples of headwear among Scythian groups
3-4: Bosporan
Some of these are shorter caps that many Iranian groups wore, and which included extra fabric that at least the Achaemenids used to cover their face & mouth
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Some other examples of Scythian headwear
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And surviving examples from Pazyryk
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And finally to Achaemenid depiction of Scythians with pointed caps
4: the different Saka groups
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Behistun, Darius Inscription & Relief
Possible depiction of Skunkha, king of the Sakā tigraxaudā ("Saka who wear pointed caps")
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The Sarmatians generally didn't wear pointed caps from surviving depictions.
The Achaemenids also did not generally wear pointed caps, though there are a couple of examples of longer caps & hats from Central Asia
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From Seleucid & Parthian eras, there are some depictions of more pointed caps (nowhere as long as Pazyryk & other Scythian examples), though their origin is likely different
4: Priest from Hatra
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Also see these Parthian-era examples, all from Syrian cities
We see women wearing a headwear called tantour, though with similarities to other groups in the region
2-4: Edessa
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Even among the Kushan, another group in Central Asia who had connections with & influences on various Iranian groups, we see depictions of pointed caps at times
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1: Kushan
2: Indo-Scythian or Kushan
3: Khwarezmian, another Iranian group
4: Khwarezmian
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The Sasanians also didn't generally wear pointed caps, though in some depictions we see longer caps (Kolah), with various shapes
1: @ Miho Museum
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More Sasanian examples of bigger headwear
1: al Sabah Collection
2: Hajiabad
3: Wyvern Collection, helmet or cap
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Finally, in some depictions we do see Sogdians or other groups depicted by Sogdian artists with pointed caps (1-2: not the best examples here)
3-4: Alanic Sarmatian Iranians: generally did not wear pointed caps (many other pieces of headwear survive from ~ 7-10 C CE)
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Achaemenid Royal Audience Scene, inside shield of Persian soldier on so-called 'Alexander Sarcophagus'
4th C BCE, from Sidon, @ Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Photos: Fluorescent UV & Reconstruction
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An older drawing without some of the details (1);
There are parallels, precedents to #Achaemenid royal scenes in Assyrian, Elamite, other Near Eastern art. Drawing in photo 2 for example is likely of an older, Elamite seal which continued to be used in Achaemenid court
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We see examples of this royal audience scene @ Persepolis, here reconstructed from the fuller image @ Apadana, and another modern recreation @ Zinat al-Molk House
Treatment of dogs was very different in ancient Iran. They were considered beneficial, helpful animals and were to be treated well.
Photo: Persian hound or Saluki, 16th C CE
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I started this research to show Simurgh should not be called the "dog-bird". Along the way, I found ancient & modern breeds across the Near East and Central Asia regions, with a lot of continuity
For example see these Assyrian (1-3) & old Babylonian examples (@britishmuseum)
likely hounds and the last one in the last tweet being an older type of mastiff
Some references from Parthian era: we can certainly assume the colours did not change in Sasanian era, and like many other ways, the same colours were used later on as well
Ref 1: Parthian era textile with colours like purple