Kultobe Settlement
Күлтөбе қалашығы
The ancient mound where the city of Turkistan began, with pottery and bronze mirrors excavated, offering a look at more than a thousand years of history.
Kultobe is the earliest settlement site in Turkistan (known in antiquity as Yasi), with origins reaching back to the early centuries of the Common Era. In the Middle Ages it was an important trading town on the Silk Road along the Syr Darya. Recent systematic excavations have uncovered city walls, residential areas and workshop remains. Finds include clay cups, oil lamps and bronze mirrors. The site has walking paths and interpretive signs. It lies about 500 m south of the Yasawi Mausoleum and can be reached on foot. It suits visitors interested in history and archaeology, and it can be combined with the mausoleum complex for a half-day tour.
Opening hours
Open daytime
Nearby sights
- Juma Mosque, Turkistan
- Khilvet Underground Mosque
- Mausoleum of Rabiga Sultan Begim
- Mausoleum of Esim Khan
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
- Keruen Saray
- Ukasha Ata
- Otrar