Toprak-kala fortress (Earth city)

The hall of dark-skinned warriors” was no less interesting and rich. This big (about 60 sq. meters) building was also decorated by a clay sculpture. However, the planning and structure of “The hall of warriors” repeated fully the planning and structure of living space for usual Toprak-kala palace. It let scientists suggest, that “The hall of warriors” was a royal bedchamber. There was a fireplace at one wall of “The hall of warriors”. There were big clay statues of rulers in niches along walls, and there were figures of warriors with the arm in hands on special supports between statues. “The hall of dark-skinned warriors” is a particular mystery, because, according to academic M.M.Gerasimov’s reconstructions, the Khorezmians were Caucasian sort of people, they were bright-eyed blonds with the delicate cast of features, but with swarthy or bronze skin. 

One more main building of Toprak-kala palace was called “The hall of dancing masks”. The decoration of this hall was dedicated to Dionysus cult –an ancient Greek god of wine and merry, which was popular not only in the antique world. The bas-reliefs on the walls of hall showed Bacchic dances. Perhaps, dancing people were in Dionysian masks – during excavations, archaeologists found the head with a long black beard and goat ears. 

A relatively small, but richly decorated