# городище «Минг Урик»

> This file is a plain-text rendition of a page on mytuur.com, generated from the same data as the HTML version.

Canonical page: https://mytuur.com/en/city/tashkent/spot/e097dc3e/

Content updated: 2026-06-22

Ming Uryk Settlement lies in a bend of the Salar Channel in Tashkent, where ancient urban life occupied about 35 hectares. You can see the remains of a city inhabited from the first century AD until the eighth century, shaped by a major caravan road through Central Asia.

By the seventh and eighth centuries, the settlement included a fortress, citadel and 7.5-hectare shakhristan with houses and workshops. A ruler’s palace stood on a hill beside the citadel, above earlier structures and an ancient sun-worship temple. Its rooms included a ceremonial hall, corridors, living spaces and storage areas, while a nearby cult complex contained a fire sanctuary. Archaeologists have found painted wall fragments, ceramics, metalwork, iron objects, terracotta figures, toys and coins thought to have been minted here. The settlement and museum now stand under state protection.

Dense clay walls and unbaked bricks formed the citadel, with rectangular towers enclosing the capital’s centre. Open altars and large ash heaps still point to fire and sun worship, while surviving traces of colourful murals recall nobles, kings and religious ceremonies.

- City: [Tashkent](https://mytuur.com/en/city/tashkent/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_MingUrykSettlement_686525d2622f9d68e097dc3e_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ming_oʻrik_shahristoni_\(xum\)_03.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_MingUrykSettlement_686525d2622f9d68e097dc3e_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ming_oʻrik_shahristoni_08.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_MingUrykSettlement_686525d2622f9d68e097dc3e_2.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ming_oʻrik_shahristoni_10.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_MingUrykSettlement_686525d2622f9d68e097dc3e_3.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ming_oʻrik_shahristoni_05.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_MingUrykSettlement_686525d2622f9d68e097dc3e_4.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ming_oʻrik_shahristoni_01.jpg)

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Tashkent. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.

## What is myTuur?

myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.