The Mary regional museum was initially opened in 1984 in a large brick building constructed in 1908 and said originally to belong to a Russian brick factory owner
Ovliya (from Turkmen, Arabic auliya' - "saints") is the most common name for "sacred" places in Turkmenistan. There are at least 700 "sacred" places in the country, from twenty to thirty or more in each of its etraps (districts).
Rodoguna (c. 130 BCE) – Queen of Syria, daughter of the Parthian king Mithridates. In 141 BCE, she married Demetrius II Nicator, the king of Syria, who was a prisoner of her father at the time.
The tradition and custom of hunting with falcons have left an indelible mark on the life of the people of Turkmenistan and are part of the nation’s spiritual roots. “Gushchy” is what falconers have been called in Turkmenistan since ancient times. Hunting with birds of prey is a pursuit for agile, daring, wise, and persistent […]
In April 2023, after a four-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Russia-Turkmenistan Margiana Archaeological Expedition resumed its research in Margiana at the base of the Anthropoecology Center of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Khаrakum. The expedition was interrupted during the mawssum period, when archaeological findings were […]
A few kilometers east of Ashgabat, next to modern Anau, the administrative center of the Ahal velayat, lie the magnificent ruins of the Seyit Jamal ad-Din mosque. Once there was a complex consisting of four structures: the mosque itself, the buildings above the tombstone in front of the mosque, and two large buildings with high […]
The State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” is the oldest and most completely preserved of the oasis cities along the Silk Roads in Central Asia. It is located in the territory of Mary velayat of Turkmenistan. It has supported a series of urban centres since the 3rd millennium BC and played an important role […]