Tag: Kyz Kala

• Oasis of Sand

  The ancient Silk Road city of Merv in the Karakum desert (Turkic for “Black Sand”) reminds me of a bit of the fate of ancient Carthage. Tracing its origins to the 3rd century BC, it was the largest city in the world in the 12th century only to be razed to the ground some 300 […]

  farflungistan

  April 11, 2013

  Central Asia, Merv, Turkmenistan

  Central Asia, Karakum Desert, Kyz Kala, Mary, Merv, Silk Road, Turkmenistan, UNESCO, World Heritage