Saka Burial Grounds: Prehistoric Silk Road on UNESCO Tentative ListByNagima AbuovainEditor’s Picks,Internationalon27 July 2025Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative UNESCO W
ByNagima AbuovainEditor’s Picks,Nationon6 July 2025Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites. This edition highlights three major archaeological sit
ByNagima AbuovainEditor’s Picks,Nationon22 June 2025Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites. In this edition, the spotlight falls on Kyshkala—a on
ByNagima AbuovainEditor’s Picks,Nationon1 June 2025Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites. These ancient settlements, now in ruins, once thrived
Rediscovering Yassy-Turkistan, Ancient Silk Road CityByNagima AbuovainInternationalon13 July 2025Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites. This edi
ByNagima AbuovainEditor’s Picks,Internationalon20 July 2025Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites. This edition features the Volga-Caspian Corrid
ByDana OmirgazyinInternationalon19 July 2025ASTANA – A delegation from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) will visit Kazakhstan in September to inspect cultural and historical sites nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO World Herita
Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites. In this edition, we turn to Otyrar, once the capital of a flourishing oasis, a center of Islamic scholars
ByNagima AbuovainEditor’s Picks,Internationalon3 May 2025Editor’s Note: The Astana Times introduces a new series, Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road. We are setting out to explore tentative UNESCO sites in Kazakhstan. Many now lie in ruins, but once were t
By Galiaskar Seitzhan in Tourism on 23 February 2015They say South Kazakhstan is a place where antiquity meets modernity. The region’s ancient culture, dating back thousands of years, ravishes with its unique complexes of archaeological sites and medieval
Recently, the "Xinjiang Archaeological Work Report Meeting 2024", hosted by the Department of Culture and Tourism and the Bureau of Cultural Relics of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and organized by the Institute of Archaeology of the Xin
SWAT: Italian and Pakistani archaeologists have uncovered ruins from three ancient civilisations at Bazira (Barikot) heritage site in Swat. These discoveries, spanning the Indo-Greek, Shahi and Ghaznavid periods, mark a significant milestone for heritage
Archaeologists discover prized artefacts at Swat's Butkara siteSWAT: A joint team of Italian and Pakistani archaeologists, along with students of Pakistani universities, has discovered a treasure trove of ancient artefacts including coins, utensils and sc
By Wang Ru | China Daily | Updated: 2024-06-11 06:43The seven painted clay Buddhist statues, a rare format, at Mahavira Hall, Fengguo Temple in Jinzhou, Liaoning province.Structure sees its growing appeal attracting increasing numbers of visitors, Wang Ru
Professor Xi Huidong points out that besides food, language also traveled along the ancient Silk Road routes. He takes the Shaanxi dialect " kelimacha" as an example.
