Samarkand, Archaeological Museum of Afrosiab

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Situated on the edge of the Afrosiab excavations in Samarkand (ancient Maracanda), this museum has archaeological finds documenting Prehistory, the Sogdian age, the Hellenistic period, the Kushans, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism, and (on the second floor) the Middle Ages. The room in the center is devoted to the splendid "Frescoes of the Ambassadors".

This museum was visited in 2015.

16 pictures related to this museum

Afrosiab, Big jar	Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita	Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat	Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons
Afrosiab, Persian dish	Afrosiab, Late pottery	Afrosiab, Deformed skulls	Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery
Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar	Afrosiab, Christian ossuary	Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask	Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall
Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base	Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates	Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery	Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders