In the morning I arrived at Mizdakhan. As I mentioned earlier, it’s an archaeological complex of ancient structures. It’s huge — the territory is over 200 hectares, the latest burials date back to the 13th century, and the earliest… well, basically next to the dinosaurs.
It’s surprising that this necropolis is still active — there’s a 13th-century mausoleum, and right next to it a grave from the 2000s.
There’s also the hill of Jumart Kassab, which used to serve — and still serves (I left a small offering there too, just in case 😄) — as a place of worship and ritual practices. According to legend, Adam is buried beneath it.

A couple of kilometers from the necropolis, there’s the fortress of Gyaur Kala — also an amazing place.

The taxi took us to this point And from there a circular route begins that takes about 3 hours. You can follow this track — GPS works perfectly there, but there’s no internet, so you need to download the track in advance.

The hike is not difficult — most of the time it’s just a dirt road, there’s one spot where you need to cross a stream over stones, and one steep climb.

The weather changes quickly there — at one point at the top we got covered by fog, but it cleared quickly, and toward the end it started raining.

To get back, you can take a minibus from the village — number 256 goes to the second ring road for 6,000 som, and from there you can order a Yandex taxi. Near the final stop there’s also very tasty fresh samsa from a tandoor.