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🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Kangju–Khorezmian 400 BCE–400 CE · Chorasmian (Khorezmian Iranian) with Zoroastrian
Enigmatic circular Khorezmian fortress-temple-observatory (c.400 BCE–400 CE) in Karakalpakstan, part of the Ellikqala (Fifty Fortresses) oasis — double-walled concentric circular citadel 87 m outer…
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Kushan–Khorezmian 1 BCE–6 c. CE · Khorezmian (Chorasmian) with Kushan-Sogdian-Kharoshthi influence
Capital of Khorezm (c.1–6 c. CE) in Karakalpakstan — 500×350 m (17 ha) rectangular palace city with 14 ha shahristan and 3-tower citadel, excavated 1938–1990s by Tolstov and Rapoport (Nerazik).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
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…
