KCSM Newsline September 19, 2013
To the actual ruins at merv. So, were going, were doing it, should be worth it, its supposed to be an amazing place. But we cant film until we get there. From bukhara across the turkmenistan border, its a journey of around 200 miles or so to the ancient ruins of merv. Today, merv is marooned completely offthebeatentrack in the remote and rarely visited turkmenistan desert. But historically it was a crucially strategic and very busy silk road junction. In its heyday, nearly 1,000 years ago, merv stood alongside cairo, damascus and baghdad as one of the islamic worlds greatest cities. But in the...