The Oxus Civilization: The Lost Civilization you've never heard of
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The lost Oxus civilization built a 55-hectare city in the Karakum Desert that thrived for 600 years without leaving a readable word. This documentary traces Viktor Sarianidi's 1972 discovery of Gonur Depe and Nadezhda Dubova's mapping of its walled palace, reservoirs and fire temples. It reveals how the Murghab delta was canalized, how tin and lapis lazuli traveled hundreds of kilometers, and why this BMAC centre challenges the map of Bronze Age trade with Mesopotamia and the Indus.
The Oxus Civilization: The Lost Civilization you've never heard of
History Chronarch
729 views
The lost Oxus civilization built a 55-hectare city in the Karakum Desert that thrived for 600 years without leaving a readable word. This documentary traces Viktor Sarianidi's 1972 discovery of Gonur Depe and Nadezhda Dubova's mapping of its walled palace, reservoirs and fire temples. It reveals how the Murghab delta was canalized, how tin and lapis lazuli traveled hundreds of kilometers, and why this BMAC centre challenges the map of Bronze Age trade with Mesopotamia and the Indus.