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The Great Kyz Kala monument at Ancient Merv Photo: GaiJorayev , CC BY-SA 4.0 The Greater Kyz Kala fortress at Merv Photo: John Pavelka from Austin, TX, USA , CC BY 2.0 The shrines of the companions at Merv Photo: Башлык , CC BY-SA 3.0 The fluted walls of Greater Kyz Kala at Merv Photo: Tim Williams, Katie Campbell, Gaygysyz Jorayev, Paul Wordsworth, Rejep Jepbarov and Sébastien Moriset , CC BY-SA 4.0 The southern side of Little Kyz Kala at Merv Photo: Gai Jorayev , CC BY-SA 4.0 Elephants beside the ruins of Greater Kyz Kala Photo: David Stanley , CC BY 2.0 The Great Kyz Kala at MervPhoto: Gai Jorayev , CC BY-SA 4.0 An archival colour photograph of the ruins at Merv Photo: Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii , Public domain The Kyz Bibi mausoleum complex at Merv Photo: Gai Jorayev , CC BY-SA 4.0 The mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar in the old oasis-city of Merv, Turkmenistan Photo: Peretz Partensky , CC BY-SA 2.0 Make this place part of your story. A strong top-100 alternative for the depth of Silk Road urban history and the visible succession of different cities.
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