news from tajikistan, a guide to khorezm, database for ukraine ARCHAEOLOGY & CULTURE Avesta.tj published a report on a recent discovery of Bactrian inscriptions on stones in the passes above the Almosi Gorge in Tajikistan. Archaeologists Bobomullo Bobomulloev of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, who reported the find to avesta.tj also sent us copy and … Continue reading november 2022 musings
ARCHAEOLOGY, CLIMATE ACTION, AFGHANISTAN, SILK ROAD THINGS TO READ ARCHAEOLOGY This little discovery in Kyrgyzstan: As reported in AKIPress: ‘A joint Uzbek-Italian archaeological expedition discovered the ruins of an ancient defensive structure in Pastdargom district of Samarkand region in Uzbekistan…’ Paleolithic occupation of arid Central Asia in the Middle Pleistocene by Emma M. Finestone et al. in PLOS One. We are so pleased to congratulate … Continue reading october 2022 musings
a short look at some climate related news and projects in Central Asia Editor’s note: photo was taken amid the drought, Hampstead Heath, London, July 2022. NEWS As always, CAREC continues to work for climate issues in Central Asia by participating in international fora. At the moment they are working with representatives on preparing for COP27. The Third Pole reported on the July glacier collapse … Continue reading september 2022 musings
