The Hunt For A Lost Eastern Civilization And Other Ancient Mysteries

The Ancient Greeks have long been credited for bringing ‘civilization’ to the East. In fact it appears to be the other way round. Alexander the Great discovered a highly developed civilization - a lost world - that pre-dated even the Persians.

Following the course of the River Oxus (Amu Darya), we take you on an extraordinary 1,500-mile journey through Afghanistan and Central Asia and unravel the mysteries of the Oxus Civilizations.

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