Among Zoroastrian burial items, there is a camel-shaped zoomorphic OSTADON lying there. It was found…
The findings include daggers of various sizes, fragments of masks, arrow and spearheads, soldiers' armor, and metal rings used in hand-to-hand combat.
According to Dilmurod Kholov, a restorer from the Bukhara State Museum-Reserve, this is the oldest collection of metal weapons discovered in Central Asia.
During the excavation, scientists also discovered a bell used for carrying fire and a circular device whose purpose has yet to be determined.
For reference: archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, in collaboration with the Bukhara Expedition of the State Hermitage Museum of Russia, have been conducting research at the ruins of Paykent for 43 years.
Currently, as reported by Khalk Suzi, conservation and restoration work on the findings is underway. The publication also called on philanthropists to support the restorers.
Earlier, Ozodlik reported the discovery of the remains of the medieval cities of Tugunbulok and Toshbulok in the mountains of southeastern Uzbekistan.
