The International Scientific Conference “Ancient Culture of Anau” was held on Wednesday at the House of Culture of the city of Anau, Ak Bugday etrap, Ahal velayat, which became one of the main events on the occasion of the proclamation of this Turkmen city as the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2024.

As TDH reports, famous historians, archaeologists, ethnographers, orientalists, eminent professors and young scientists, as well as representatives of museums from foreign countries, including the United States of America, were invited to participate in the large-scale forum organized by the Institute of History and Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Russian Federation, Germany, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, etc.

The start of the scientific forum was preceded by an acquaintance with an exhibition dedicated to the culture of Anau, displayed in front of the entrance to the building.

During the plenary session, those present listened with great interest to the memoirs of Lisa Pampelli, the great-granddaughter of the legendary Rafael Pampelli, thanks to whom the culture of Anau gained worldwide fame and forever entered into scientific terminology.

Among the speakers were also the President of the International Turkic Academy Shahin Mustafayev, the President of the International Foundation for Turkic Culture and Heritage Aktoty Raimkulova, the President of the Republic of Korea-Central Asia Friendship Association Lee Ok Ryong and others.

At the end of the plenary session, the work of the conference continued in two sections: “Study and research of the culture of Anau in the Renaissance era of a new era of a powerful state” and “Culture of Anau in the ancient and Middle Ages,” the source notes.