MERV, Turkmenistan — Genghis Khan’s hordes couldn’t wipe the great city of Merv from the earth when they killed thousands here in their bloody wave of conquest. Centuries later, though ...

4 The ruins of Merv, near Bayramaly. The ancient settlement was once the world’s largest city, with an estimated population of some 500,000 people. 5 A mausoleum stands among the remnants of Merv.

Yet Greek-Russian archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi has uncovered just that since his expedition began in 1972. He says Gonur-depe was the capital or imperial city, as he prefers to call it of a complex, ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Merv, a city on the Silk Road, was founded some 2,500 years ago and sacked by the Mongols in 1221. The Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum, built in the twelfth century, is ...

Property: State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv" Id. N°: 886 State Party: Turkmenistan Criteria: C (ii) (iii) The Committee inscribed the property on the World Heritage List on the basis of ...

In the two goodly volumes recently published he gives the narrative of a journey undertaken in the year 1882, in the course of which he traversed Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva, and Merv.

State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv" (Turkmenistan) The World Heritage Committee [34], 1. Expresses its appreciation to the State Party, CRATerre (Centre Régional pour l'architecture en ...