The oldest part of Merv

This was the original 500BC settlement. The perimeter wall was 35 metres high and surrounded 10 hectares. It is now 25 metres high from erosion and the inner city level increasing. Inside the perimeter there are 12 archeological layers going down 7m.

Greetings from Planet Turkmenistan

October 20th 2014
Bukhara October 18 2014 We have re-entered Plant Earth today having passed through the Farob-Alat border crossing from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan. There was air on Planet Turkmenistan and it would have made a great place for Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise to have visited all those years ago. We met some lovely people and it was undoubtably a cultural experience. Our journey throu ... read more

Asia » Turkmenistan

Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1924. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. President NIYAZOV retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerated... ... read more

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