![]() The treasure includes various types of coins, which were issued in Bukhara’s Sughd, as well as some imported: from Samarkand, Tashkent, Syrdarya, Khorezm and central regions of the Arab Caliphate. It is also essential that the discovery was made in the course of scientific archaeological excavations, in a stratified context. This is the first such finding both in the Bukhara oasis and whole Central Asia. The treasure is unique in its capacity - a total of about 6 pounds of bronze. The discovery was made in one of the houses, judging by its size, owned by a wealthy family of Paykend citizen. According to preliminary data, the treasure includes some 4,200 early Medieval copper coins. Unique treasure, which was found in 2013 season in resident area of Shahristan I, is currently under restoration and scientific processing stages. The archeologists are carrying out excavation works of two suburbs Paykend at the large area. In the urban part, in two Shahristans, the archeologists studied network of streets, residential areas, and a market complex. During this time, the archeologists studied fortifications of the city: on the citadel they discovered Zoroastrian temple, barracks of the III-IV centuries, the medieval castle, remains of the mosque and the minaret of X century. ![]() One of important roads of Great Silk Road passed through this city – from Sogdiana to passes in Amudarya and further, and from Khorasan to Middle East.Ī joint expedition of the State Hermitage and Institute of Archeology of Uzbekistan have been carrying out archeological research at the ancient city for over 30 years. The city played an important role of transit point at crossroads from Khorezm, Samarkand and Nahshaba. Bukhara archeological expedition of the State Hermitage (Russia) discovered unique treasure in Paykend, ancient city in southern-western border of Bukhara oasis, about 60 km from Bukhara city, the press service of the museum said.
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