🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Archaeological wonder
Djarkutan
Djarkutan (also Dzharkutan; Uzbek: Jarqoʻton) is a prehistoric proto-urban settlement in Uzbekistan and a center of ancient civilizations in Bactria, the area from which may be the founder of the…
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Dzhanbas-Kala
Kelteminar Neolithic (4000–3000) → Kangju–Khorezmian 4 c. BCE–1 c. CE · Kelteminar → Khorezmian (Chorasmian)
Khorezmian desert fortress (c.4 c. BCE–1 c. CE) in the Uyaz valley of Karakalpakstan — small rectangular fort 200×170 m with 10 bastions and Neolithic Dzhanbas-4 settlement 2 km away (Kelteminar…
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Rock art
Sarmishsay Upper Terrace Petroglyphs
Early Bronze to Early Islamic · Andronovo, Bactrian, Sogdian, Turkic, Samanid
Upper bench 80 m above gorge floor with caravan and Kufic mosque petroglyphs.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Balalyk Tepe
Hepthalite 5th–7th c CE (Tokharistan Hepthalite) · Hepthalite Bactria (White Huns Tokharistan)
Balalyk Tepe — Hephthalite wall-painting palace (6th c CE) 30 km north Termez, excavated 1950s Stavisky.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Archaeological wonder
Khiva
Khiva (Uzbek: Xiva, Хива, خیوه; other names) is a district-level city of approximately 93,000 people in Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan.
