Kampir Tepe

 ruins, place with historical importance, archaeological site, fortification, 1st century construction

Kampir Tepe is an archaeological site located within the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan, close to the city of Termez. It is thought to be the lost city of Alexandria on the Oxus described by Ptolemy, though the Amu Darya river (known in antiquity as the Oxus) has now changed its course. The Telegraph newspaper describes Kampir Tepe as “the Pompeii of Central Asia.”
Kampir Tepe was a mud brick city built on an artificial terrace above a river port on the Amu Darya. There was a lighthouse on the edge of the harbour to guide ships across the river. The fortress was constructed from rectangular mud bricks. The fortress walls were intersected with rounded towers and gatehouses. The southwest gate complex was built to the same design as the one at Sillyum, Pamphylia, which Alexander besieged in 333 BC. The semi-oval courtyard was common in Pamphylia but has not been recorded elsewhere.