OnAugust8-10,2019,theInternationalInstituteforCentralAsianStudiesincooperationwiththeUniversityCollegeLondonorganizedinIstanbul,Turkey,aninterstatemeetingoftheofficialrepresentativesofthemember-statesoftheSilkRoadsCoordinationCommittee(Zaravshan-KarakumCo
InternationalInstituteforCentralAsianStudiesparticipatesinthemajorproject“ArchaeologicalLandscapesofCentralAsia”,whichismanagedbytheUniversityCollegeLondonwiththefinancialsupportofthe“Arcadia”Fund. Theprojectforeseesthecreationofadetailedmapofarchaeologic
CulturalHeritageWeek“Uzbekistan-CrossroadsofCivilizationsandRoutes:Empires,Religion,Culture”hasgatheredontheterritoryoftherepublicmorethan300guestsfromdifferentpartsoftheworld.ThemembersoftheAcademicCouncilofIICAS:ShahinMustafyevandFardaAsadovfromAzerbaij
TheworkshoponthemoderndocumentationmethodsincludingtheuseofthedroneisgoingtotakeplaceinTajikistanfrom2to9September2019.ProfessorKazuyaYamaguchi(TeikyoUniversity,Japan),professorTimWilliams(UniversityCollegeLondon),aswellastwospecialistsfromtheInternationa
ThemeetingsofthedirectoroftheInstituteofHistory,ArcheologyandEthnographynamedafterA.Donish-UbaidulloN.K.andthedirectoroftheInternationalInstituteforCentralAsianStudies-VoyakinD.A.tookplaceonSeptember3,2019inDushanbe.Thegoalofthemeetingwasthesigningoftheco
“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
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
