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Afghanistan

36 places in the atlas, 1 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Temple complexes17
Ancient cities13
Archaeological wonders11
Tells5
Buried cities3
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Samangan Province3
Bamyan Province2
Kandahar Province2
Parwan Province2
Takhar Province2
Afghanistan, Baghlan Province, Puli Khumri District, Surkh Kotal hill 18 km north of Puli Khumri, Hindu Kush southern piedmont overlooking Baghlan valley

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Afghanistan, Kapisa Province, Bagram District, Begram (Kapisa) at Panjshir–Ghorband confluence 50 km north of Kabul, Hindu Kush southern apron1

Afghanistan, Logar Province, Mohammad Agha District, Mes Aynak valley 40 km southeast of Kabul, barren Logar copper mountain region1

Afghanistan, Parwan Province, Ghorband Valley head, Fondukistan conical hilltop 50 km NW of Kabul, Hindu Kush road to Bamyan1

Baghlan Province1

Baghlan Province, Pul-i-Khumri District, on plateau 18 km north of Pul-i Khumri between Kunduz–Kabul highway (Surkh Kotal pass)1

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city

Ai Khanoum — Hellenistic Lower Agora Extension

Hellenistic Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (300–145 BCE) · Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (Euthydemus)

Ai Khanoum — Hellenistic Lower Agora Extension in Takhar Province, Afghanistan is a Hellenistic Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (300–145 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (Euthydemus).