Palace and Administrative Quarter. Ai Khanoum, Takhar Province.

May 1970
The Heroon of Kineas stood at the entrance to a grandiose 250 x 300 meter Administrative Quarter where the royal palace was located in the rear. It covered 3 hectares (7.5 acres). The impressive 200-meter-square colonnaded courtyard, was bordered on four sides with 9-meter-high stone columns topped with pseudo-Corinthian columns.
Photo Louis Dupree

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Contained in galleries: NATIONAL MUSEUM I - BCE (Before Common Era)

May 1970<br />
The Heroon of Kineas stood at the entrance to a grandiose 250 x 300 meter Administrative Quarter where the royal palace was located in the rear. It covered 3 hectares (7.5 acres). The impressive 200-meter-square colonnaded courtyard, was bordered on four sides with 9-meter-high stone columns topped with pseudo-Corinthian columns. <br />
Photo Louis Dupree