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<< Other Photo Pages >> Merv, Turkmenistan - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkmenistan

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 08 February 2012  Page Views: 5230

Multi-periodSite Name: Merv, Turkmenistan
Country: Turkmenistan
NOTE: This site is 442.796 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mary, Turkmenistan  Nearest Village: Bayramaly
Latitude: 37.667897N  Longitude: 62.189610E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4
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Merv, Turkmenistan
Merv, Turkmenistan submitted by durhamnature : Mounds near Merv, from "Siberia, Central Asia..." via archive.org Site in Afghanistan (Vote or comment on this photo)
The ancient city of Merv has its origin in the 3rd Millenium BCE. The oldest part of the settlement, called Erk-Kala, is an oval shaped rampart wich was around the oldest settlement.

Later it was expand by Alexander the Great to a greek Polis. It was one of the most important and largest cities (in the 12th century CE probably over 200,000 inhabitants) at the Silkroad. Many peoples conquered the city during the centuries, then in the 18th century CE it gets insignificant.

The city lies in Turkmenistan
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Merv, Turkmenistan
Merv, Turkmenistan submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Siberia, Central Asia..." via archive.org Site in Afghanistan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Merv, Turkmenistan
Merv, Turkmenistan submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

Merv, Turkmenistan
Merv, Turkmenistan submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Siberia, Central asia..." via archive.org Site in Afghanistan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Merv, Turkmenistan
Merv, Turkmenistan submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Siberia, Central Asia..." via archive.org Site in Afghanistan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Merv, Turkmenistan
Merv, Turkmenistan submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

Merv, Turkmenistan
Merv, Turkmenistan submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Siberia, Central asia..." via archive.org Site in Afghanistan

Merv, Turkmenistan
Merv, Turkmenistan submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the old city, from "Merv Oasis" via archive.org Site in Afghanistan

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Re: Merv, Turkmenistan by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 08 February 2012
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The town lies in Turkmenistan! not in Afghanistan.
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