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Surroundings:

Samarkand, view on riverAfrosiab Hill, Millstone, detailAfrosiab Hill, CeramicsAfrosiab Hill, SewerAfrosiab Hill, Fire altarAfrosiab Hill, Figurine of cavalryAfrosiab Hill, Hellenistic potteryAfrosiab Hill, General viewAfrosiab Hill, MousetrapAfrosiab Hill, PlateAfrosiab Hill, Sogdian potteryAfrosiab Hill, Fortress wallAfrosiab Hill, Figurine of cavalryAfrosiab Hill, Hellenistic pottery (krater)Afrosiab Hill, FoundationsAfrosiab Hill, Model of fortress made in 300-200 B.C.Afrosiab Hill, Tiles of the city wallAfrosiab Hill, Sogdian potteryAfrosiab Hill, Glazed ceramicsAfrosiab Hill, HelmetAfrosiab Hill, Cup from Kushan empireAfrosiab Hill, FoundationsAfrosiab Hill, Tomb with bonesAfrosiab Hill, CupAfrosiab Hill, Sogdian potteryAfrosiab Hill, Loom weightAfrosiab Hill, HelmetAfrosiab Hill, Remains of relief with king and queen from Kushan empireAfrosiab Hill, FoundationsAfrosiab Hill, Ossuary with Christian symbols

Location:

  • Uzbekistan, Koshbakaly
  • geo:39.669781,66.991859
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=22779

Annotations

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

Afrosiab, Sogdian palace. Here, the famous frescoes of the ambassadors were found.

Afrosiab, Sogdian palace. Here, the famous frescoes of the ambassadors were found.


Relevant museums

Samarkand, Archaeological Museum of Afrosiab

Collection of Sogdian, Hellenistic, and Kushan art

Tashkent, National Museum of Uzbek History

Historical museum


Nearby

Samarkand, Archaeological Museum of Afrosiab

Collection of Sogdian, Hellenistic, and Kushan art

Maracanda

Capital of Sogdia, important node in the Silk Road

"Tomb of Daniel"

Pre-Islamic sanctuary


This object was added by Jona Lendering on 2015-10-13. Last update by Jona Lendering on 2015-10-13. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/22779 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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