The article, using information contained in both eastern and western written sources, local folklore, research data of restorers, orientalists, archaeologists about the mausoleum Khoja Ahmed Yasawi city Turkestan, examines history architecture against background general Kazakhstan Central Asia. work uses new findings early buildings near at site Yasawi. Fragments carved terracotta - examples ar...

Abstract The Qara Khitai or Western Liao dynasty (1124–1218) is one of the most fascinating polities in medieval Eurasia, but also least documented terms both literary sources and material culture. Founded by Khitan refugees who escaped from North China when Jurchen Jin (1115–1234) vanquished (907–1125), soon established a multicultural empire Central Asia, combining Khitan, Chinese, Muslim ele...

N The Terracotta Army that protected the tomb of the Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang offers an evocative image of the power and organisation of the Qin armies who unified China through conquest in the third century BC. It also provides evidence for the craft production and administrative control that underpinned the Qin state. Bronze trigger mechanisms are all that remain of crossbows that once eq...

Interpreting the natural environment in the cultural context of a museum is common practice in the early 21st century. It was also quite common in the 19th century. This chapter considers some of the key discourses in natural history and science museums to reveal a rich legacy of engagement with the environment. It begins with a review of a contemporary film that portrays the wonders of the mus...