Uzbekistan’s Strategy of Preserving and Displaying the Afrasiab murals “Development for Sustainable Preservation”

• Authors: BAKRY Islam
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The country owns a rather diverse experience of establishing the antiquities and museums and according to it, the museum is the place that accumulate the quantity of the exhibits and valuable things, and it serves as the keeper of cultural values and achievements of the peoples through the centuries. Uzbekistan has a rich collection and many options to exhibit its antiquities and history and since the mu-seums play a crucial part in exhibiting the antiquities and human history especially in context with Afra-siab museum in Samarkand which has many artifacts along with the methods of preserving the murals of Afrasiab. Considering the technological development in this era, there is a need to more development in a future strategic vision for the project to sustainable preserving and displaying Afrasiab murals in the Afrasiyab museum in Samarkand according to international standards.

Keywords

EN

Uzbekistan; Samarkand; Afrasiab; Soghdian; Murals; Preserving; Displaying; Development for Sustainable Preservation

• Publisher: Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 143–155

Contributors

author

BAKRY Islam

• “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2025.14.09