Toprak Kala, Ancient Khorezm

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The ancient capital of Khorezm. Maybe the best preserved citadel of the "50 Khorezm fortresses".

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Toprak Kala means "the clay fortress".
This city located right in the centre of the Ellik Kala oasis ("50 fortresses oasis"), along the old Gavhor canal. The city was built in one go, according to a pre-determined plan, as a religious centre of the Khorezm king dynasty.
This was an 500*350m area of living quarters, temples and palaces. The murals were 14m tall.

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On the NW side of the fortress, you can still see the murals of the High Palace.
The palace was composed by 300 rooms, located on 3 storeys.
Russian archaeologists have found there genre paintings and polychrome sculptures of Zoroastrians deities. They have also found there the oldest examples of documents from the Royal Archives, written in the ancient Khorezm language.

From the top of the murals, have a check at the neighbouring fortresses :