Kampir Tepe

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.

The large-scale study of Kampir Tepe’s Hellenistic layers began in 2000 with the establishment of the Tokharistan Archaeological Expedition (TAE), led by Edvard Rtveladze.

[2] They identified three distinct periods of development at Kampir Tepe, the earliest of which began in the 4th century BC.

[6] This claim was previously made by archeologists excavating Ai Khanum in Afghanistan, but Kampir Tepe is another possible location.

[2] Construction of the earliest part of the site began in the 4th century BC and included foundations and the fortress.

[2] The dating of this period of the city is clear from coin finds linked to the reign of the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I (230-200 BC).

[4] Kampir Tepe was a mud brick city built on an artificial terrace above a river port on the Amu Darya.

[2] Excavation of a terraced house in the southeast part of Kampir Tepe revealed a pit filled with moulds for early Hellenistic vessels.