Behind the Fortress of Alexander the Great a path leads 4km to the Zukarnay Petroglyphs, which date to the Bronze Age. If it's too hot to walk, there are sometimes guys with motorcycles waiting near the fortress who will whisk you there for a couple of thousand som.
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Fortress of Alexander the Great
2.41 MILES
A series of eroded mud-walled fortifications and buttresses line the hill south of Nurata village, dating from Alexander the Great's founding of the town…
2.62 MILES
Beneath the Fortress of Alexander the Great is the trout-filled Chashma Spring, formed, it is said, where the Prophet Mohammed’s son-in-law Hazrat Ali…
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1. Fortress of Alexander the Great
2.41 MILES
A series of eroded mud-walled fortifications and buttresses line the hill south of Nurata village, dating from Alexander the Great's founding of the town…
2.62 MILES
Beneath the Fortress of Alexander the Great is the trout-filled Chashma Spring, formed, it is said, where the Prophet Mohammed’s son-in-law Hazrat Ali…