Termez is the southest city of Uzbekistan, administrative and largest city of Surkhandarya region. At the same time Termez is one of the oldest city aged over 2500 years. There are a lot of architectural monuments and ancient archeological buildings, ruins of ancient Zarathustrian, Nestorian and Buddhist fortresses and cities. Also there are some monuments of Islamic architecture.
City locates on the right branch of Amudarya river close to national border of republic of Uzbekistan with Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Termez is the biggest Uzbekistan river port where Amudarya river floating is located. In 2014, Termez city was awarded the national Amir Temur award.
Termez locates in the southern part of Uzbekistan. This place is a real Mecca for historical and architectural researchers of Central Asia. You will see a lot of architectural monuments of different centuries. The oldest ones are dated by 1st century b.c. At that time Khushan kingdom was existed.
Besides there are a large number of Islamic monuments as holy site or Kukildor-ota dervish lodge, Kirk-Kyz fortress-exposition, Khakim-at-Termezi holy mausoleum of ancient muslim’s culture and other buildings and constructions.
It was a great historical discovery when scientists found Dalverzintep ancient town. It was founded in 60 kilometers from Termez near by Shurchi city.
Dalverzintep is the great archeological monument of the age of Khushan state. Town was surrounded by protective wall with a width in 10 meters. There were tower blocks across the wall with casemates and galleries inside. Central part of city was the place where rich people lived. It was built with multi apartments houses with a large yards outside. In the southern part of city there were lived usually craftsmen. According to many archeological artifacts of Indian-Buddhist and Hellenic items, Dalverzintep was located on the oldest branch of Great Silk Road which leaded from Termit along the Surkhan Valley. At that times caravan ways leaded to the Stone Tower (probably located in the region of current Tashkent). It was reminded in the “Geography” treatise written by Claudius Ptolemy, who described the way from Syria to China.