• Field trips: From October 21-24, 2023, the Aigine CRC team made a number of trips to historical and cultural sites of petroglyphs in southern Kyrgyzstan. The first visit was to the historical and cultural complex of petroglyphs located in the area known as Jol-Chyrak and Kaldyrama-Boz Bee, also called Murdash-Bashy. On October 22, the team visited the Batken petroglyphs for the first time. During the visits, the team documented a number of stones and assessed the physical condition of the complexes. As part of further actions to preserve and protect the complexes, the Aigine CRC team plans to create online maps with archaeological descriptions and traditional interpretations of the drawings on the stones.

 

  • Lecture on petroglyphs of Kyrgyzstan: On October 23, the Aigine CRC team `held a lecture on petroglyphs as cultural heritage for the students of the History Department of Osh State University. The students and the Aigine CRC team were welcomed by the Dean of the History Faculty of Osh State University, Arstanov Sabyrkul Abdimanapovich. After that archeologist of the Osh branch of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Humanities and Regional Studies Myrzabekov Emirlan Ymanalievich, who took part in reconnaissance trips of Aigine CRC to the southern sites of petroglyphs of Kyrgyzstan, made a brief report on the petroglyphs of Murdash Bashy and Batken. The students were also shown Aigine’s documentary on petroglyphs of Kyrgyzstan.

 

  • Animated videos about the stories on petroglyphs: The teams of Aigine and Tentek continue to jointly develop animated videos on the history of Kyrgyz people depicted on petroglyphs, as well as on revealing the cultural meanings of the images of deer and mountain goats and their horns. Based on the concept and script of the future videos prepared by the Aigine CRC team, the Tentek team created storyboards, illustrations and animations of the video sequences. The presentation of the videos is scheduled for November 2023. The project is being implemented in collaboration with the World Indigenous Science Network (WISN).