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Gyaur-Kala, Merv

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

Last modified Feb 28, 2023 09:23 PM — History

tags: fortification, extant remains

The fortifications of the ancient city of Gyaur Kala in the Merv Oasis.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/332324145

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.6617786, 62.1797693

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Gyaur Kala (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Gyaur-Kala, Merv makes connections with:

Gyaur-Kala, Merv located at Alexandria/Antiochia/Merv (unspecified date range)

Gyaur-Kala, Merv receives connections from:

None

Place type:
wall (of a city), city wall, settlement

References:

See Further:

The Fortifications of the City of Gyaur Kala, Merv

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Gyaur-Kala, Merv: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/332324145> [accessed: 24 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/332324145 |title=Places: 332324145 (Gyaur-Kala, Merv) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 24, 2025 8:21 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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