Cheshmeh-ye Shafa

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Cheshmeh-ye Shafa or Cheshm-e-Shafa (English: "the gorge of the healing spring") is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.{{cite web|url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |accessdate=2008-06-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |archivedate=2008-06-08 |url-status=dead }}

In October 2008, the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA) believed they have found a vast ancient city of Bactria.[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26095077 NBC News] It is believed that the site could be where Alexander the Great married Bactrian princess Roxana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/history-in-stone|title=History in Stone|date=2009-03-23|website=Washington Examiner|language=en|access-date=2020-03-15}}

It is located 30 km south of Balkh.

Tangi Cheshmeh Shafa is Afghanistan's largest Achaemenid site discovered to date. It spans about 3 km square. The site dates back to 500-600 BC. In the oasis, a huge white rock, shaped like an anvil, is evidence of Zoroastrian priests that performed rituals for people who lived in the region around 600 BC. On the altar's flat top is a well for oil.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24581093|title=Silk Road jewel reveals its treasures|date=2013-10-20|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-03-15|language=en-GB}}