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Multi-periodSite Name: Ai-Khanoum Alternative Name: Alexandria on the Oxus, Ay Khanum, Eucratidia
Country: Afghanistan
NOTE: This site is 98.579 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kabul  Nearest Village: Hwahjeh gar
Latitude: 37.169000N  Longitude: 69.408000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Afghanistan

The ancient Greek city in what was then known as Bactria was founded about 320 BCE, following the conquest of Alexander the Great and was one of the primary cities of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom. The city is located in the Kunduz area in northeastern Afghanistan, at the confluence of the Oxus river (today's Amu Darya) and the Kokcha river and at the conjunction of the Silk road. Ai Khanoum propered until its annihilation by nomadic invaders around 145 BCE about the time of the death of Eucratides.

The site was excavated through archaeological searches by a French archeologists under Paul Bernard between 1964 and 1978, as well as Russian scientists. The searches had to be abandoned with the onset of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, after which the site was completely looted and fought.


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