🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Dehistan/Mishrian
The former city of Dehistan/Mashhad-i Misrian (Turkmen: Dehistan), now in the Balkan Region of western Turkmenistan, was a major economic center from the 10th to the 14th centuries CE.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Kutlug Timur Minaret
Kutlug Timur minaret is a minaret in Konye-Urgench in north Turkmenistan, Central Asia. Constructed in 1011 during the Khwarazmian dynasty, the minaret stands at a height of 60 meters, with a base…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Abiward
Abiward or Abi-ward, was an ancient Sasanian city in modern-day Turkmenistan. Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Abiward have been made in the 20th century about 8 km west of Kaka…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Bagyr
Bagyr is a former village that has been annexed by the city of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. It is presently a neighborhood of the capital city. Bagyr features archeological sites.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Dayahatyn
Daýahatyn (Turkmen pronunciation: [dɑːˌjɑχɑːˈtɯn]), also spelled Dayakhatun (Persian: دایهخاتون), is a medieval caravanserai, sitting on the left bank of the Amu Darya.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Devkesen
Devkesen (also: Dev-Kesken; Turkmen: Döwkesen) is an archaeological site in the Dashoguz region of northern Turkmenistan, 62 km west of Koneurgench.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Presidential Palace, Ashgabat
building with three golden domes, in Turkmenistan, built in 2011
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Altyn-Depe (Altyn Tepe)
Namazga II–IV 3200–2000 BCE (Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze) · Namazga oasis (Pre-BMAC) → BMAC (Bactria-Margiana)
Middle–Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze oasis town (c.3200–2000 BCE, Namazga II–IV) between Namazga and the Karakum — 26 ha walled town famous for its Ziggurat-like mudbrick 'altar' complex (massive…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) is the modern archaeological designation for a particular Middle Bronze Age civilisation of southern Central Asia in regions around the Caspian Sea…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Namazga-Tepe
Namazga I–VI 4000–1800 BCE (Chalcolithic to Bronze Age) · Anau–Namazga oasis civilization (Pre-BMAC Kopet)
Bronze Age mega-tell and type-site for Namazga chronology (c.4000–1800 BCE) near the Tejen River fan 100 km east of Ashgabat — 50 ha tepe (largest in Turkmenistan) with 30 m stratigraphy (Namazga…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient village
Jeitun (Djeitun)
Jeitun Neolithic 6000–5000 BCE → Pessejik phase · Jeitun culture (Central Asian Neolithic)
Type-site for Neolithic Jeitun culture (c.6000–5000 BCE) in the Kopet Dag piedmont north of Ashgabat — 10 house settlement (0.8 ha) excavated 1952–62 by Vadim Masson, the earliest permanent farming…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Ulug-Depe
Jeitun (6000) → Anau–Namazga (4500–1800) → BMAC → Achaemenid–Parthian 500 BCE–300 CE · Kopet oasis continuous (Jeitun → BMAC → Persian)
Longest-lived oasis tell in southern Turkmenistan (c.6000 BCE–Medieval) at Dushak north of Kaahka — 15 ha mound 32 m high with continuous 8000-year stratigraphy excavated since 2001 by Olivier…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Hydraulic works
Sultan Kala Dam Merv Oasis
Seljuk 11th c. (Sultan Sanjar) with Abbasid foundation · Seljuk Islamic (Merv oasis)
Sultan Kala – Medieval Merv oasis headworks on Murghab: 12m Sultan Dam (Murghab bifurcation barrage), Razik canal, Majan canal lattice and 55 km Abdullah canal irrigating 2,500 km² oasis supporting…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Kunya-Urgench Ancient Town
Khwarezmshah to Golden Horde 995–1388 · Khwarezmshah / Seljuk / Golden Horde
Lost capital of Khwarezm in Amu Darya delta, flourishing 10th–14th c. with 60 m Kutlug Timur minaret tallest in Central Asia and Turabek Khanum mausoleum (1360s) with world's most complex girikh dome…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient village
Geoksyur Oasis Settlement Cluster
Geoksyur period (Namazga I–III) Chalcolithic–Early Bronze · Anau cultures (Jeitun→Geoksyur→Altyn)
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age tell cluster (4500–3000 BCE) forming proto-urban oasis with 10 villages up to 10 ha each, the largest Namazga-period centre in Kopet Dag piedmont before BMAC.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Anau
Anau IA–II (Namazga I–II) 4500–3000 BCE → Bronze → Iron → Sejuk · Jeitun–Anau → Namazga → Bronze Age BMAC → Iranian
Oasis-town pair (c.4500 BCE–1000 CE) on the Kopet Dag fan near Ashgabat — Anau North (Chalcolithic Anau IA–II, 4500–3000 BCE) and Anau South (Bronze–Iron Age 2000 BCE–Islamic) twin mounds excavated…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient village
Kara-Depe
Late Chalcolithic Namazga II–IV 3500–2000 BCE · Kopet Chalcolithic (Kara-Depe facies)
Namazga II–IV Chalcolithic mound (c.3500–2000 BCE) on the Kopet chain between Geok-Tepe and Kaahka — Kara-Depe excavated 1950s–60s by Masson and Berezkin, 3 ha tell with tripartite painted ware…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Konye-Urgench (Kunya-Urgench)
Achaemenid 5th c BCE → Khwarezmshahs 11th–13th c CE → Golden Horde · Khwarezmian → Seljuk → Khwarezmshahs → Mongol
Konye-Urgench — capital of Khwarezm (Achaemenid–Golden Horde, 5th c BCE–17th c CE) 35 km south Uzbekistan border, excavated 1930s Tolstov and 1990s Berlin.