The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will help Turkmenistan preserve (with the restoration of the principal façade) the medieval Hudaynazar Mausoleum near Bayramaly.
This unique example of Seljuk-era architecture is on Ancient Merv's UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The U.S. Embassy reports that artifact experts Angela Lombardi and William Dupont Sara Rodriguez-Jimeno have arrived in Turkmenistan.
The mission was made possible by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) - an annual grant competition established and administered by the U.S. Department of State, said in a press release available to Daryo.
Conservation is a set of measures aimed at stabilizing the physical condition of the ruins and preserving the remains of structures that have survived to this day in their already destroyed state.
The Turkmen side was also invited to discuss the development of a tourism plan for the mausoleum in the future.
«Hudaynazar Mausoleum will increase public awareness on various topics related to Turkmenistan’s cultural heritage and resources, such as the key role of Seljuk architecture within ancient civilizations».
Merv reached its greatest heyday during the Muslim era, when it was proclaimed the center of the Arab Caliphate (9th century) and was the capital of the Great Seljuk Empire (11th-12th centuries). At the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, Merv was the largest city in the world, with a population of over half a million people, exceeding Constantinople and Baghdad in terms of urbanization.
Credits: Eziz Boyarov, Ashgabat
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