Palace of the Sogdian Ikhshids on Afrasiab
Era: Kh.G. Akhun-babayev;
Country : Uzbekistan;
Country : Uzbekistan;
Present publication is devoted to the results of
long archaeological studies on the territory of the ancient settlement of
Afrasiab (ancient Samarkand) conducted in the 1980s. These excavations enabled
to identify the stratigraphy of the cultural layers in the central part of the
site, as well as clarify its historical period and socio-topographic structure.
The author also identified the period of creation of the unique mural
paintings, and analyzed new numismatic material and information on the ideology
and religious cults existed in Samarkand during the Early Iron Age.