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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Asia >> Turkmenistan >> Nisa | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Nisa - UNESCO World Heritage Site |
 Gateway to the archaeological park of Old Nisa, 18 km from Ashgabat |
 Remains of the once massive mudbrick walls surrounding the fortress of Nisa |
 A large mound of dirt, once one of the 43 towers fortifying the walls of Old Nisa |
 The fortress of Nisa was once capital of the ancient Parthian Empire |
 While the area was inhabited much earlier, Nisa was founded in the mid-3rd C. BC by the Parthians |
 Inside the walls of Old Nisa |
 One of the excavated areas inside Old Nisa |
 Old Nisa - the treasury of the Parthian Empire |
 Pathway leading across the center of the archaeological area |
 A second area of excavations undertaken by the Italians |
 Partial reconstruction of the palace of Nisa |
 Excavated ruins of Old Nisa |
 Old Nisa |
 Old Nisa |
 Restored and unrestored sections of wall, Old Nisa |
 Old Nisa |
 Among the ruins of Nisa |
 Excavations at Nissa, Turkmenistan |
 Artists impression of the Round Room, thought to have been a Zoroastrian temple |
 Inside the Round Room, Old Nisa |
 Old Nisa |
 Restored section of Old Nisa |
 An ancient column base, Old Nisa |
 Excavations, Old Nisa |
 Architectural details, Old Nisa |
 The modern village of Bagir, Turkmenistan |
 The main archaeological area of Old Nisa |
 Panoramic view from the walls of Old Nisa |
 Shards and fragments, Old Nisa |
 Room with columns, Old Nisa |
 Remains of a massive brick column, Old Nisa |
 The Parthian Empire collapsed in 224 AD |
 What remained of Old Nisa was destroyed by the Mongols after a 15 day siege in 1220 |
 Passageway, Old Nisa |
 The Parthian Empire prevented further eastward expansion of the Roman Empire beyond Syria |
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