2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the first excavations at the world-famous archaeological site Gonur Depe in Ancient Margiana, or the so-called Margush (Mary province, Turkmenistan). In 1972, the outstanding archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi discovered this ancient city, and from 1974 until the end of his life he studied the ancient site. Dr. […]
Russian archaeologists return to Turkmenistan and discover previously unseen artifacts
In the south-east of Turkmenistan, in one of the most severe deserts in the world – in the Karakum Desert, in the legendary and semi-mythical country of Margiana, at the ancient settlement of Gonur-depe, after a four-year break due to the pandemic, archaeological excavations were resumed. Here, in April and May 2023, the Russian-Turkmen Margiana […]