Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

CulturalPark

Location

Country

Turkmenistan

Year of Research

1999

Culture

Merv is the earliest and best-preserved of the oasis-cities with the Silk Route in Central Asia.

The leftovers in thisbig oasis span 4,000 years of human history.

A number of monuments are hush seeable, especially from the last two millennia.

The cities of the Merv oasis have applied abuntant regulate over the cultures of Central Asia and Iran for four millennia.

The Seljuk city in specified influenced architecture and architectural ornament and scientific and cultural development.

The succession of the cities of the Merv oasis, their fortifications, and their urban lay-outs bear exceptional testimony to the civilizations of Central Asia over several millennia.