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Ai-Khanoum (/ aɪ ˈ h ɑː nj uː m /, meaning Lady Moon; Uzbek Latin: Oyxonim) is the archaeological site of a Hellenistic city in Takhar Province, Afghanistan. The city, whose original name is unknown, [a] was likely founded by an early ruler of the Seleucid Empire and served as a military and economic centre for the rulers of the Greco ...
12 paź 2010 · Ai Khanum (also spelled Ai-Khanoum or Ay-Khanum, lit. “Lady Moon” in Uzbek), was founded in the 4th century BC, following the conquests of Alexander the Great and was one of the primary cities of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom. The site is located in the northern part of modern Afghanistan, in a little plain between the Amou-Darya and the Kokcha.
12 lip 2018 · However, what made this settlement, known as Ai-Khanoum (‘Lady Moon’ in Uzbek), special was the fact that it would not have looked out of place in Ancient Greece. Indeed, it had all the hallmarks of a Classical Greek city; a large gymnasium (one of the largest in the ancient world), a 6,000 seat amphitheatre, temples to Greek gods and a ...
Ai Khanum is about 2 km long and 600 m wide and was excavated by French archaeologists. Parts of it look surprisingly like a Greek city, including temples, a heroön, an administrative palace, colonnaded courts, a main street, a city wall, a gymnasium (sport school), houses, Corinthian columns , several free-standing statues, and a theater with ...
On the basis of this hypothesis, we placed the solar disk found in representations of Mithra (a disk with emanating rays) behind Zeus’ head. Abstract. This chapter discusses the computer graphic (CG) reconstruction of the ancient city of Ai Khanum. The CG reconstruction project was initiated by.
Ai Khanoum occupies a special place in the historiography of the Hellenistic Far East, as the first major archaeological site to offer the opportunity to look at the architecture, material culture, and wider urban landscape of an actual Graeco-Bactrian community. (See the introduction.)
21 kwi 2023 · Ai Khanum (also spelled Ai-Khanoum or Ay Khanum) was an ancient Greek city located in present-day Afghanistan. It is known as “Lady Moon” in Uzbek. The city’s layout was based on a grid system, with wide, straight streets and buildings made of stone and brick.
