WIKIPEDIA - Takht-i Kuwad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takht-i_Kuwad )
Location:
- Afghanistan, Imeni Voroshilova
- geo:37.054638,68.281776
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Period or year:
- -5xx / -3xx
Class:
- Vicus or canabae
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=97828
Annotations
Relevant museums
The British Museum
The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.
Nearby
Oxus treasure
Oxus treasure
Takht-i Sangin - ancient Oxeiana ? (4 km)
Achaemenid & Hellenistic settlement. Reduced to its citadel in Kushan times. Excavated by Pichikyan & Litvinsky (1976-1991), and Drujinina (1998). Probable town of Oxeiana in Ptolemy's Geography.
Oxus Temple (4 km)
Monumental Hellenistic temple, in the middle of the citadel, probably financed by the royal house of the Seleucids, to act as a regional sanctuary. Dedicated to the Oxus river. Excavated by Pichikyan & Litvinsky (1976-1991), and Drujinina (1998)