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  • ARCHAEOLOGY

    OFF THE GRID

    Jun 13, 2019 2 minutes
    —MARLEY BROWN

    ver many centuries, a settlement on an oasis along the Silk Road grew into one of the world’s great metropolises. Ancient Merv was a nexus of commercial goods, languages, ideas, and religious beliefs connecting Europe, Africa, and the Far East. The site was first settled in

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