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  • Uzbekistan's Best Kept Secret (Alexander The Great)

    04/23/2004 2:09:26 PM PDT · by blam · 5 replies · 243+ views
    BBC ^ | 4-23-2004 | Monica Whitlock
    Uzbekistan's best kept secret By Monica Whitlock BBC Correspondent, Uzbekistan Kampyr-Tepe, in southern Uzbekistan, was built at the time of Alexander the Great's empire and occupied for about 500 years until it fell into decline. The fortified city controlled a key route from central to south Asia Since it was discovered, a generation ago, it has been closed to the public because it stands in a sensitive and tightly guarded military zone, right on the Afghan border. The city perched on a high shelf of land - cut into clay walls that dropped sheer into the plains below. Caught in...