AI generatedGonur Depe
Turkmenistan · Mary · 200 m
Short description of Gonur Depe
Gonur Depe was the capital of a Bronze Age civilisation that flourished on the delta of the Murghab before the river shifted and the desert took it back. Excavation has uncovered a walled palace, a royal burial ground and rooms read as fire temples, which put the site at the centre of arguments about where Zoroastrian practice began. What stands is low mud brick foundation rather than architecture, and almost nothing on the ground is explained. The finds themselves are held in the museums at Mary and the capital. Reaching it means a desert track and a proper vehicle.
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- The excavated royal palace
- The royal necropolis
- The fire temple rooms
- Water reservoir and irrigation works
- The desert approach across the old delta