Kampir Tepe
Archaeological site in Uzbekistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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37.4105°N 67.0282°E / 37.4105; 67.0282 Kampir Tepe (Uzbek: Kampirtepa) is an archaeological site located within the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan, near the village Shoʻrob, northwest of the city of Termez.[1] It is thought to be the lost city of Alexandria on the Oxus described by Ptolemy, though the Amu Darya river (known in antiquity as the Oxus) has now changed its course.[2] The Telegraph newspaper describes Kampir Tepe as “the Pompeii of Central Asia.”[3]