The Silk Roads have linked numerous communities throughout Asia, Europe and Africa for millennia. They not solely unified folks by way of commerce, additionally they helped unfold concepts, innovations, data and inventive traditions — bringing distant elements of the world a bit nearer collectively. We’re lucky that lots of the treasures from this cultural alternate have been preserved for all to see.
At the moment, UNESCO Almaty Regional Workplace invitations everybody to hitch us on a digital journey throughout Central Asia by way of cultural treasures of the Silk Roads on Google Arts & Tradition. We’re excited to share this within the type of a new “Pocket Gallery” expertise serving to anybody to immersively discover the treasures introduced collectively from the area’s nationwide museums.
Study concerning the nomadic mythologies informed by way of a range of pottery and collectible figurines of animals and other people. These artifacts present the sheer number of civilizations that got here involved with one another by way of this historic commerce community.
From clay sculptures, to bronze statues, azure-blue glazes and handwoven carpets, uncover highlights from throughout Central Asia from Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — or discover the complete assortment of high-resolution 3D objects.
