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Surroundings:

Samarkand, view on riverAfrosiab Hill, Model of fortress made in 300-200 B.C.Afrosiab Hill, Tiles of the city wallAfrosiab Hill, HelmetAfrosiab Hill, Sogdian potteryAfrosiab Hill, Glazed ceramicsAfrosiab Hill, Cup from Kushan empireAfrosiab Hill, FoundationsAfrosiab Hill, Tomb with bonesAfrosiab Hill, CupAfrosiab Hill, HelmetAfrosiab Hill, Sogdian potteryAfrosiab Hill, Loom weightAfrosiab Hill, Remains of relief with king and queen from Kushan empireAfrosiab Hill, FoundationsAfrosiab Hill, Ossuary with Christian symbolsAfrosiab Hill, Deformed skullsAfrosiab Hill, Glazed tilesAfrosiab Hill, Sogdian weaponsAfrosiab Hill, Uncooked brick with marks from the fortress wallAfrosiab Hill, Pot from Kushan empireAfrosiab Hill, FoundationsAfrosiab Hill, OssuaryAfrosiab Hill, Deformed skullsSamarkand, AfrosiabAfrosiab Hill, Glazed tilesAfrosiab Hill, Several deitiesAfrosiab Hill, Column baseAfrosiab Hill, Pot from Kushan empireAfrosiab Hill, Interior

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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