On a narrow hilltop in southern Uzbekistan, some 20 meters above a small oasis valley, archaeologists have found what they believe is a rare and short-lived trace of the Greek-speaking world that outlasted Alexander the Great by more than a century, a military camp built on the contested border between ancient Bactria and Sogdiana.
Iskander Tepa isn't even in the Ferghana. Wow. He left defenses in depth everywhere.