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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) — A team of archaeologists from China and Uzbekistan held an open day in Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan last week, according to the official website of the Cultural Heritage Protection Administration of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.
The event, attended by 40 local schoolchildren, took place at the Bandikhon No. 2 archaeological site, located in the Surkhandarya and Sherabadarya river valley. Since September 2023, experts from China and Uzbekistan have been conducting joint excavations at this early Iron Age site.
The archaeological group includes researchers from Northwest University (NWU, Shaanxi Province, China), Termez State University and Termez State Archaeological Museum (Uzbekistan).
The event, which aimed to educate the public about archaeology, allowed the teenagers to expand their historical knowledge and strengthen their awareness of the importance of protecting cultural heritage sites, said Ma Jian, head of the Chinese archaeological team.
In cooperation with the Samarkand Archaeological Institute, the State Archaeological Center and the Fergana State University of Uzbekistan, SZU has been conducting archaeological work in the city of Samarkand, the Surkhandarya and Fergana regions of this country for 18 years in a row.
The collaboration between archaeologists from both sides proved fruitful. Experts filled a number of gaps in Central Asian archaeological research, discovering the monuments of Sazagan and Chinartepa and the burial grounds of Rabat and Serharakat. -0-