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The Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin was founded in 1904. The collection was focused on arts, handicrafts, and archaeological artifacts from nearly every…

On April 8th, a meeting took place at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia between Ambassador of Uzbekistan Karomidin Gadoev and the director of the museum,…

In a dedicated exhibition at The Burrell Collection in 2008, the Burrell group of Suzanis were displayed together for the first time. Entitled Colours…

The outstanding collection of pre-Mongol Islamic metalwork, widely known among experts as the Bumiller Collection or the University Museum of Islamic Art…

The entrance to this complex of interconnected buildings is located in the eastern wall of the porch of the middle group of buildings. Here is concentrated…

One of the outcomes of the fruitful collaboration between WOSCU and the Miho Museum is the album book "Cultural Legacy of Central Asia in Japanese Museums"…

Kitab, known in Chinese sources as «Souse» («Sugud»), was a large town of an tiquity. Numerous fortified country estates sprang up in the area of Kesh…

A big role in Uzbek costumes was the color that marked the wearer’s status, age and descent. It was linked with religious and magic rituals. Color also…

In the 10th – 11th centuries, glass vessels were available to virtually all strata of the population of Mavarannahr and were material embodiments of the…

Nose rings arabek are rare pieces of Karakalpak jewellery that are present in the Albion Collection. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this…

The several costume items were still unknown in Sogdia, although in China they were undoubtedly worn only by Sogdians. For example, Short traveling…

The costume of the ancient Sogdians has a long history. Like any important element of culture it changed according to the spirit of time, fashion, or the…

A gravestone with an arched finial (sagana) of burnt bricks was set up in the burial chamber prior to repairs. On March 5, 2001, a new parallelepiped…

The structure along the western side in the middle group of the Shahi - Zindah memorial complex is provisionally called the mausoleum of Usta 'Alim, since…

The Sogdian texts are written in three types of script. Most Christian texts are written in the Syriac script close to the Estrangela variant. A significant…

A fragment from the Koran is inscribed in the very plastic thuluth-i ghubar script along the perimeter of the entrance aperture.   The letters…

Women of all ages had in their underwear garment of complex suit – dress shirt keilek and yshtan the same cut that in men’s, but with narrow cuffs decorated…

On April 8th, WOSCU, together with the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Abu Rayhan Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies, presented…

On the eve of the nationwide Navruz holiday, a media event titled "The Civilization potential of Uzbekistan as a mechanism of soft power" was held in Tashkent. The…

On February 27, at the office of the World Society for the Study, Preservation, and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, a working meeting…

Presentation of the book-album “The cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the collections of Italy”. On February 23, in the conference hall of the "Sevimli"…

Today in the Scientific Library of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a ceremony was held to transfer 50 volumes of the series “The Cultural…

The WOSCU office was visited by Ella Liu Jingwen, representative of Uzbekistan's tourism potential in China, and Burhan Avci, co-founder of Dynamic Travel. The…

In Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 42nd Fajr International Film Festival was held. The festival was also attended by the screenwriter,…