Kutlug-Tepe

Kutlug-Tepe is an Achaemenid-period fortification in northern Afghanistan, in ancient Bactria. The site comprises a hill measuring 40 x 40 metres and 4 metres high, about a kilometer from an associated village. Its circular gallery monument, occupied during the 6th-4th centuries BC under Persian sovereignty, features three concentric outer walls forming two corridors lit by wall openings that were once vaulted. Excavation of the fully uncovered structure suggests it functioned as a palatial residence based on recovered artifacts.