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Location:

  • Uzbekistan, Sho‘rob
  • geo:37.410439,67.028229
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -328~ / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Annotations

There is no English annotation yet. Presented is an annotation in Dutch.

Excavation of this Graeco-Bactrian city started in 2004. It is probably identical to Alexandria ad Oxum, although Ai Khanum in Afghanistan is another candidate. That Kampyr Tepe was founded by Alexander the Great, is uncontested.

Excavation of this Graeco-Bactrian city started in 2004. It is probably identical to Alexandria ad Oxum, although Ai Khanum in Afghanistan is another candidate. That Kampyr Tepe was founded by Alexander the Great, is uncontested.


Nearby

Unidentified site (5 km)

Probable settlement. Located with satellite imagery.

Unidentified site (Khayrabadtepa?) (10 km)

Probable settlement. Located with satellite imagery.

Unidentified site (Zartepa?) (11 km)

Probable settlement. Located with satellite imagery.


This object was added by Jona Lendering on 2015-10-13. Last update by Jona Lendering on 2020-08-13. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/22773 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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Line tracing by Jona Lendering.

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