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The stone warriors of ancient Tuva on view for visitors to the museum |
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6 November 2009 | Views: 1156 | Comments: 0 |
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 The ancient stone images that were brought to the National Museum of Tuva over the years from different corners of the republic are now on view by all those who wish to see them. In the stelarium of the museum, which is located on the ground floor, fifty-five stone figures are exhibited in chronologic order, starting with the Bronze Age to the Mongol period of Tuva. These are stones with images of animals, masks-faces, reindeer stones, stelae with ancient Turkic runic writing, stone human figures (kizhi-kozhee). There are also reference materials, archeological map of Tuva, materials on the Uighur fortress Por-Bazhyn, and on towns of the Mongol period of Tuva. |
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museumrt.ru, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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Event announces | 1) 15.02.2012: 55th anniversary of Eugene Tkachov, drum-player of Yat-Kha group (Russia) |
2) 22.02.2012: at dawn comes Shagaa, Buddist New Year (Tuva) |
3) 23.02.2012: Motherland defenders' Day |
4) 01.03.2012: 75th anniversary of Bizhek Kombu, poet, stone-carver (Moscow) |
5) 02.03.2012: 84th anniversary of Marzhymal Ondar (1928-1994), people's khoomeizhi, traditional instruments' maker (Tuva) |
6) 04.03.2012: Presidential Elections' Day (Russia) |
7) 08.03.2012: Mother's Day (Russia) |
8) 17.03.2012: 34th anniversary of Sean Quirk, Alash ensemble manager (Tuva) |
9) 10.04.2012: 87th anniversary of Mongush Kenin-Lopsan, prominent Tuvan shamanism researcher, historian, writer (Tuva) |
10) 12.04.2012: 86th anniversary from the birthdate of Sevyan Vainshtein (1926-2008), prominent Russian ethnographer (Moscow) | all dates |
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