Archaeology · Samarkand
Afrasiyab
The ruins of pre-Mongol Samarkand
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Places to visit
Monuments, museums, parks and nature across the whole of Uzbekistan.
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Archaeology · Turakurgan District
Akhsikath
Fergana's ancient capital
Fortress · Bukhara city
Ark of Bukhara
Seat of Bukhara's rulers for over a thousand years
Archaeology · Ellikqala District
Ayaz Kala
Three fortresses above the Kyzylkum
Archaeology · Amudaryo District
Chilpik (Shylpyk)
A Zoroastrian “tower of silence”
Archaeology · Khojeyli District
Mizdahkan
Adam’s grave and the holy hills of Khorezm
Archaeology · Termez District
Old Termez
The ruins of a 2,500-year-old city at an Amu Darya crossing
Archaeology · Navbahor District
Sarmishsay Petroglyphs
Ten thousand years of history carved in stone
Archaeology · Ellikqala District
Toprak Kala
The palace city of ancient Khorezm’s kings
Must see
Archaeology · Marhamat District
Mingtepa (ancient Ershi?)
Possibly the capital of ancient Dayuan
Archaeology · Sho‘rchi District
Dalverzin Tepe
The Kushan city that yielded Central Asia’s largest gold hoard
Archaeology · Termez District
Fayaz Tepe
A Buddha found by a shepherd and a Kushan monastery
Archaeology · Khojeyli District
Gyaur Kala (Mizdahkan)
Mizdahkan’s oldest fortress
Fortress · Hazorasp District
Hazorasp Fortress
The ancient walls of the “town of a thousand horses”
Archaeology · Boysun District
Iron Gate and the Darband Wall
The famous mountain pass between Sogdiana and Bactria
Archaeology · Muzrabot District
Kampir Tepe
A Hellenistic fortress on the Amu Darya: the lost Alexandria on the Oxus?
Archaeology · Termez District
Kara Tepe
Buddhist cave monasteries cut into the hills
Archaeology · Bostanliq District
Khojikent Petroglyphs
A five-thousand-year-old book in stone
Archaeology · Nurota District
Nur Fortress (Alexander's Fortress)
An ancient stronghold on the edge of the steppe
Archaeology · Bostanliq District
Obi-Rakhmat Grotto
A Neanderthal hunting camp
Archaeology · Qorakoʻl District
Paykend
'City of merchants' with walls of 'copper'
Archaeology · Jondor District
Varakhsha
Palace of the Bukhar Khudahs and its murals
Archaeology · Sherobod District
Zarautsoy Rock Paintings
Masked hunters and wild bulls: a Stone Age gallery
Archaeology · Termez District
Zurmala Stupa
One of the oldest standing structures in Uzbekistan