Merv

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ruins of the Great Kiz-Kala fortress

Merv, ancient city in Turkmenistan

Merv, Turkmenistan: Askhab mausoleums

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Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

Uninvited Guests: The 7 Worst Parasitic Worms

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

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Facts

Also Known As	Margu • Mouru

Photos

ruins of the Great Kiz-Kala fortress

Merv, ancient city in Turkmenistan

Merv, Turkmenistan: Askhab mausoleums

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Topics

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Major Events

Battle of Dandānqān

Turkmenistan

Mary

oblast, Turkmenistan

Achaemenian dynasty

ancient Iran

Key People

Yazdegerd III

Sāsānian king