In the city of Arkadag, the exposition of the new museum of the Ahal velayat is being completed, which will also present historical and archaeological artifacts, reports the publication “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”.
Scientists from the Institute of History and Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, specialists from the Mary Museum of History and Local Lore and other museums of the country, teachers and students of the Turkmen State Institute of Culture, where the Department of “Restoration of Cultural Property” has been operating since 2006, are involved in the preparation of the historical and archaeological exposition of the museum.
The exposition of the museum will reflect all periods of the historical development of Ahal, on the territory of which there are world-famous monuments of various historical periods and civilizations.
These monuments include:
- the Parthian fortresses of Nisa, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List;
- Namazga-depe is the largest Eneolithic monument in Southern Turkmenistan;
- Altyndepe with cultural layers of the Bronze Age, Neolithic and Eneolithic, where unique archaeological finds were discovered, in particular, a golden bull's head with a turquoise sickle inlaid in its forehead;
- Geoksyurdepe, known for its ceramics with two-color painting and many female terracotta figurines;
- as well as Karadepe, Ulugdepe, Old Serakhs, Abiverd and others.
Let us remind that the new city of Arkadag in Turkmenistan is legally assigned a special legal status - a city of state significance.
