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Multi-periodSite Name: Ai-Khanoum Alternative Name: Alexandria on the Oxus, Ay Khanum, EucratidiaCountry: Afghanistan
NOTE: This site is 101.937 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:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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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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