Interesting Facts about Uzbekistan

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2 curious facts about Uzbekistan.

• In 2002 it was reported that Russian and Uzbek archaeologists discovered a number of ancient pyramids in the Kashkadarya and Samarkand regions of Uzbekistan. The pyramids which have a flat surface, similar to those found in Central America, are fifteen metres high and thought to be up to two thousand, seven hundred years old.
• Over the centuries, parts of present-day Uzbekistan were known as Bactria and Sogdiana, and Maverannahr, and later, Turkestan.