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Tajikistan: In the Land of Rivers of Gold. Exhibition comments Таджикистан – страна золотых рек: комментарии к выставке

The exhibition presents unique archaeological finds from the middle of the 4th millennium BCE to the 11th century. Here you can see wall paintings, sculptures, coins, silver and gold finds, jewellery, ceramics, wood carvings, and plaster and epigraphic heritage.
На выставке представлены уникальные археологические находки начиная с середины IV тысячелетия до н. э. до ХI века н.э. Здесь можно увидеть настенные росписи, скульптуры, монеты, серебряные и золотые находки, украшения, керамику, резьбу по дереву и гипсу и эпиграфическое наследие. Continue reading Tajikistan: In the Land of Rivers of Gold. Exhibition comments Таджикистан – страна золотых рек: комментарии к выставке

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on museums – all sorts

Spent the winter break helping my father downsize from a large house to a condo. This combined with my recent move from the US to the UK has caused me to think about the material culture which matters most and which we chose to journey with. Neither my father nor I (in my London shoebox) have space for the accumulation of 60 years of marriage … Continue reading on museums – all sorts

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