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Mingtepa

The earthen ramparts of a large ancient town in Marhamat District, a major early urban site of the Fergana Valley.

ArchaeologyAbout 1 hour to see

About the place

Mingtepa is a walled town of the centuries before Islam, whose ramparts still rise above the surrounding fields. Archaeologists have studied it for decades, and some link it with Ershi, the capital of the Dayuan kingdom described in Chinese records.

There are no rebuilt structures, only the long lines of the walls and the mounds inside them. The scale of the site is the impression to take away.

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  1. 1.Wikidata

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