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Ai-Khanoum

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 2, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:45, 8 December 2022 (UTC)



Ai-Khanoum is the archaeological site of a Hellenistic city in Takhar Province, Afghanistan. It was established in the early 3rd century BC by a monarch of the Seleucid Empire at the confluence of the Oxus and Kokcha rivers, controlling access to valuable mines and strategic choke points. Ai-Khanoum, which became a major centre of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom after it seceded under the Diodotid dynasty, was redesigned by King Eucratides I to be an imperial capital, with a huge palace, religious structures, and massive defences. Nevertheless, it was sacked at the end of his reign (c. 145 BC) by the nomadic Saka and Yuezhi peoples, and the city was soon abandoned. Rediscovered two millennia later by the King of Afghanistan in 1961, Ai-Khanoum was excavated by a team of French archaeologists until the Saur Revolution in 1978. During the following conflicts in Afghanistan, the site was extensively looted.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Last archaeological article Offham Hill on 18 October.
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 * Promoted: November 24, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: It's a level-5 vital article, and will be my first FA to appear at TFA—please let me know if I've done anything wrong.
 * Support as nominator. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:34, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 21:48, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Jaguarnik (talk) 04:29, 30 November 2022 (UTC)