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The Site of Ancient Town of Pyanjekent

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The Site of Ancient Town of Pyanjekent (also called Penjikent) (also included in the serial nominations “Silk Road Sites in Tajikistan”, and the listed “Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor”) was a big city of the pre-Islamic civilization of the Sogn in the 5the to 8th century. There is a vast three-walled citadel and a huge city, over 35 hectares. Numerous well preserved murals were found in this site, with depicts daily life and battle of the time. Those murals are exposed in the Hermitage museum in St-Petersburg, in the National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan in Dushanbe and in the local museum).

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Full Name
The Site of Ancient Town of Pyanjekent (ID: 1385)
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Tajikistan
Status
On tentative list 1999 Site history
History of The Site of Ancient Town of Pyanjekent
2014: Referred
As part of Silk Roads: Pendjikent-Samarkand, Poykent Corridor /Tadjikistan/Uzbekistan
1999: Added to Tentative List
Added to tentative list
Type
Cultural
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