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How Does a Museum Speak?

How Does a Museum Speak?

…Through its exhibits. There are those for whom a museum remains mute until an official

The Saka: People of the Great Steppe

The Saka: People of the Great Steppe

When we speak of the great nomads of antiquity, the Scythians are usually the first

What Does the Torsyq Keep?

What Does the Torsyq Keep?

In the Museum of Almaty, we stumbled upon an artifact I had never heard of

Birch in the Steppe

Birch in the Steppe

When I first laid eyes on this artifact in the Central Museum of Kazakhstan, I

A Cauldron with Argali

A Cauldron with Argali

Among the bronze treasures of the Central Museum of Kazakhstan, one object is particularly difficult

The Bronze Echoes of the Steppe

The Bronze Echoes of the Steppe

Are you feeling a trifle parched for museum artefacts? I have curated something rather special

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