“YouthEyesontheSilkRoads”PhotoContest. Thisinternationalphotocontestisopenforsubmissionsfrom19September2019to6January2020. Thecontestisopentoyoungpeoplebetween14and25yearsold,andthephotossubmittedhavetocorrespondtooneof3followingthemesproposed: •Gas
Dearfriendsandcolleagues, IICASisgladtotellyougoodnewsaboutthesigningoftheMemorandumofUnderstandingwithShahidBeheshtiUniversity,IslamicRepublicofIran http://www.sbu.ac.ir/ MemorandumwassignedbyDr.DmitriyVoyakin,DirectoroftheInternationalInstituteforCentra
ForthfieldseasonofthearchaeologicalexpeditiononthenecropolisoftheancientsettlementofIlibalykhasended.ItwasorganizedbyIICASwiththefinancialsupportofChristophBaumer–headoftheSocietyfortheExplorationofEurAsia,aswellastheInstituteofArcheologynamedafterA.Kh.Ma
SinceOctober,2019anumberoftalksonthehistoryoftheSilkRoadaswellasonactivitiesofIICASandUNESCOintheCentralAsianregionhasbeeninitiatedintheIICAS’headoffice.BasingonagreementswithbigtouristiccompaniesanyEnglish-speakinggroupoftouristsvisitingSamarkandcanparti
OnOctober7,2019,Ms.ClaudiaChristinaHennrich,headoftheGermanFrameworkCenterinQuedlinburg(Germany),paidabriefvisittotheofficeofIICAS.Duringthemeeting,presentationsweremadetohighlighttherangeofactivitiesofbothorganizations,exchangeviewsontheprotection,manage
It’s good that Baktygul Midinova reminded me of the wonderful and significant event that took place on September 10-12 this year in Osh. I mean the Central Asian-Chinese archaeological seminar on the Ferghana Valley, organized by the Institute of History,
The bodies of a young man and woman, possibly in their teens, have been found buried facing each other in a cemetery that dates back about 4,000 years in Kazakhstan. It's possible they were a couple in a romantic relationship.(Image: © Courtesy Karag
Archaeologists have discovered a stunning, albeit noseless, bust of Alexander the Great, but not from an ongoing excavation located in Alexander's ancient, sprawling empire.Rather, the marble statue was found sitting, "lost in a dark corner of the wa
The amulets include carved gems, etched glass and phallus-shaped charms.The stash of ancient amulets found in Pompeii.(Image: © Copyright Parco Archeologico di Pompei (Archeological Park of Pompeii))A stash of ancient amulets is seeing the light of d
The coordinating meeting on the S.O.C report on the "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor", jointly complied by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.On July 24, 2019, the coordinating meeting on the S.O.C report on the "Sil
Archaeologists have discovered a stunning, albeit noseless, bust of Alexander the Great, but not from an ongoing excavation located in Alexander's ancient, sprawling empire.Rather, the marble statue was found sitting, "lost in a dark corner of the wa
The excavations at Beit Habek beside the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel have unearthed a Byzantine-age church, said to be built above the house of Jesus' apostles Peter and Andrew.Credit: Zachary WongA 1,400-year-old Christian church unearthed near the
Almost four million visits helped National Museums Liverpool (NML) record its best ever year in 2018-19, its annual report revealed Monday. It included 507,577 overseas visitors.World Museum in Liverpool, as a member of NML, became the most visited museum
The Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus announced on Thursday that a major maritime archaeological discovery has been made off the east coast of the island, just off Protaras, near Larnaca.The Antiquities Department statement says the wrec
Researchers successfully reconstructed anthropic influences on sedimentation, including dredging and canal gates use, in the ancient harbour of Portus -- a complex of harbour basins and canals that formed the hub of commerce in the capital of the Roman Em
