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Mausoleums, Shrines and Holy places
TOURISM Takhti Sangin (Ox Temple)

The so-called Amu-darya treasure trove (Ox Treasure-trove),
the collection of unique treasures is stored in the British
museum. The treasure-trove was found in 1877 on the right
bank of Amu-darya (called Ox river by the ancient Greek). The
trove is comprised of more than 2000 golden and silver coins
and jewelry pieces dated back to IV- III B.C. the trove was
revealed by local people who then sold it to traders heading to
India, from where the trove had finally reached England.
Unique findings were revealed in the huge temple that was
built in IV-III B.C. and existed even through the first centuries
a .d. Most probably those were the gifts for the temple. The
discovered objects included the bust sculpture of Alexander of
Macedonia, a scabbard with the image of a lion holding a deer
in its claws, treasure boxes made of elephant bones and
decorated with etched images, the largest collection of
arrowheads in Central Asia (more than 5 thousand) and other
items of Greek military ammunition.

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