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Turkmenistan Landmarks - Gonur-Depe


 
 
 

Among the sand s of east ern part of the Kara-Kum Desert archeologists found the ruins of monumental fortresses and cathedrals capable of compet ing with the similar structures of Assyria and Babylon . In 1992 the archaeologists open ed a huge Gonur-Depe necropolis. The entombments contained numerous utensils, mirror s , cosmetic vessels, silver decorations, alabaster and ceramic vases and a great variety of other artifacts dated 3,000 B.C.

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