Back Əfrasiyab (qədim şəhər) Azerbaijani Afrasiab Catalan Afrasiab (Stadt) German Afrasiab (lugar arqueológico) Spanish افراسیاب (شهر) Persian Afrassiab (site archéologique) French Աֆրասիաբ Armenian Afrasiab Italian アフラシヤブ (サマルカンド) Japanese აფრასიაბი Georgian
&sq=NBA Youngboy &lang=en&file=File:Afrasiab_-_details_from_The_Ambassadors%27_Painting.JPG) Details of a copy of one of the Afrasiab paintings at the Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand | |
&sq=NBA Youngboy &lang=en&file=File:Map_Asia_physical_(continental).png)  Location of Afrasiyab in Uzbekistan &sq=NBA Youngboy &lang=en&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Uzbekistan.png) Afrasiyab (Samarkand) (Uzbekistan) | |
| Location | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°40′17″N 66°59′16″E / 39.67139°N 66.98778°E |
Afrasiyab (Uzbek: Afrosiyob),(Persian: افراسياب afrāsiyāb) is an ancient site in Northern Samarkand, present day Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c. 500 BC to 1220 AD prior to the Mongol invasion in the 13th century (see Siege of Samarkand (1220)).[1] The oldest layers date from the middle of the first millennium BC.[1] Today, it is a hilly grass mound located near the Bibi Khanaum Mosque. Excavations uncovered the now famous Afrasiab frescoes exposed in the Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand, located next to the archaeological site.
- ^ a b Archaeological Research in Central Asia of the Muslim Period, World Archaeology Vol. 14, No. 3, Islamic Archaeology (Feb., 1983), pp. 393–405 (13 pages)
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