About "Sarmish" Rock Art Management Agency
We believe that focus on not only the large and impressing World Heritage Sites like Samarkand or Buchara, but even older and obviously less monumental sites like Sarmishsai with its landscape, petroglyph complex and other prehistoric monuments greatly will help build a consciousness of the long lines of history, which shaped the present.This also means that the children and young people of Uzbekistan – the next generation of nation builders and consolidators – together with their teachers comprise an important target of education and consciousness concerning the rich and varied heritage of the nation. Sarmishsai with its thousand years of human activity could become a pride to the Uzbek nation and a focus of the scientific world. More
- Achievements, perspectives of preservation, and management of the natural and cultural heritage of Sarmishsay
It is known, that Uzbekistan is a country with large number of petroglifs. Our ancestors have used the stone surfaces in order to transfer their art, thoughts, and ideas to future people. These images have versatile meanings and views compared to other archaeological sites and attract attention of people. The rock art sites connect ancient and modern people and are an important historical source. Today on the territory of Uzbekistan, there are more than 150 sites of rock art.
- Damage documentation, monitoring and conservation
For this purpose the specific method of damage documentation, which was widely used before in Norway and Tamgaly as a part of...
- New Discoveries
A series of new petroglyph has been described during fieldwork in Sarmishsay Gorge in 2005.
- Scientific results of the Conference (Navoi/ Sarmishsay 8-16 October 2004)
The Conference was organized by Sarmishsai Rock Art Agency, at the institute of Archaeology ASUzb in collaboration with the International...
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