Located 18 km west of the city of Ashgabat, on the outskirts of the village of Bagir, the attraction can be reached either by taxi or city buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Old Nissa is a secluded royal fortress on a hill called Mithridatkert, founded by Mithridates I in the 2nd century BC. Until the 1st century AD, it served as a burial place for the Parthian kings, until the younger line of the Arshakid dynasty ascended the throne and Arbela became a royal tomb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are several buildings in Old Nissa: the Square House, a building that served as a royal treasury, was built in the II-I centuries BC. It was a building measuring 60 by 60 meters, without windows, with a central open courtyard around which there were 12 rooms. The most famous finds in the “house” are the so-called “statue of Rodoguna”, “the statue of the eastern goddess” and numerous rhytons.<\/p>\n\n\n