Penjikent

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Penjikent, Tajikistan

A major Sogdian town founded in the 5th century and abandoned in the 8th century when the Arabs came.

 

Rudaki Museum

 

 

Relief panels from the front of the Museum

 

remains of the old city

 

foundations of houses

 

Zoroastrian temple remains

 

the new town of Penjikent lies in the valley below the old ruins

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