From mid-September to the second half of October 2024, the Russian-Turkmen Margian Archaeological Expedition conducted excavation season in Turkmenistan under an agreement between the Institute of Ethnology and Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan. The expedition was led by Dr. Nadezhda Dubova from the Russian side, and […]
An Ancient Seal Depicting an Astronomical Object Discovered in Turkmenistan
Russian and Turkmen archaeologists conducting excavations at the Gonur-Depe settlement in the Karakum Desert have unearthed a seal featuring a celestial body and a distinctive arrangement of three stars. This is believed to be the oldest known depiction of an astronomical object found in Turkmenistan. Nadezhda Dubova, a leading researcher at the Institute of Ethnology […]
Russian and Turkmen archaeologists continue excavations in ancient Margiana
The Russian-Turkmen Margiana Archaeological Expedition, a joint effort between the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, has been conducting archaeological excavations at the renowned Gonur-depe monument in the Karakum Desert. Led by Dr. Nadezhda Dubova, chief researcher at the Institute of Ethnology […]
European Archaeologists Discover a Wealth of Artifacts During Autumn Expedition in Turkmenistan
The autumn field campaign of the Togolok Archaeological Project (TAP) in Turkmenistan has recently been completed with great success, the Italian Embassy in Turkmenistan reports. Togolok 1 is a Bronze Age settlement in the Murghab region, where ancient Margiana (the territory of the modern Mary province) once flourished. During the expedition, a lot of new […]
Russian Archaeologists Discover Ancient Unknown Board Game in Turkmenistan
A team of Russian archaeologists from the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IHMC RAS) and the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences during excavations in Turkmenistan discovered a complete set for an unknown ancient board game, TASS reports with reference to the […]
European scientists will resume studying the secrets of ancient Margiana
After a long break due to the Covid–19 pandemic, the European archaeological project “TAP-Togolok” (Togolok Archaeological Project), headed by Dr. Barbara Cerasetti, will resume work in Turkmenistan in September 2023 at the Bronze Age settlement of Togolok 1 in the Murghab region on the territory of ancient Margiana, the TAP Togolok project reports. Ancient Margiana, […]
Russian archaeologists return to Turkmenistan and discover previously unseen artifacts
In the south-east of Turkmenistan, in one of the most severe deserts in the world – in the Karakum Desert, in the legendary and semi-mythical country of Margiana, at the ancient settlement of Gonur-depe, after a four-year break due to the pandemic, archaeological excavations were resumed. Here, in April and May 2023, the Russian-Turkmen Margiana […]
The Turkmen-Russian archaeological expedition continues to study Ancient Margiana
In April, after a four-year break due to the pandemic, the Russian-Turkmen Margiana Archaeological Expedition, working on the basis of the Center for Anthropoecology of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, resumed its comprehensive research in Karakum, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology said in a press release. N.A. Dubova […]
Russian anthropologist delivered a lecture on the fifth world civilization center in Turkmenistan
The Turkmen State Institute of Culture hosted an open lesson on the topic “Turkmenistan: Gonurdepe – the capital city of the country Margush”, which was conducted by Dr. Nadezhda Dubova, chief researcher, head of the Center for Human Anthropoecology of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Neutral Turkmenistan […]