Baydala proposed as an open-air museum as excavations continue
The Kimak-Kipchak mobile dwelling was found in 2016. The current development is a new field season and a plan to conserve, restore and museumify the site.
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KODMangystau’s rock mosques enter the UNESCO World Heritage List
Beket-Ata, Shopan-Ata, Karaman-Ata, Shakpak-Ata and Sultan-Epe received international recognition in 2026.
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Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to open on December 11, 2026
The Frank Gehry-designed museum of modern and contemporary art will welcome visitors on Saadiyat Island from December 11.
Kazakh debut Mūğalım selected for San Sebastián’s New Directors
Ayana Nurdinova’s first feature will screen at the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Booker Prize 2026 longlist selects 13 novels from 163 submissions
Two former winners and three debut novelists feature in this year’s Booker Dozen.
Rare cinereous vulture chick filmed in Charyn National Park
State inspectors recorded an Aegypius monachus chick in its nest. The species typically raises only one chick in a breeding season.
Curiosity finds a vast field of honeycomb-like fractures on Mars
The NASA rover photographed polygonal terrain on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp at a scale the mission had never encountered before.
Park Live Almaty reveals its three-day 2026 lineup
Jack White, Gorillaz, The Offspring, The Kills and more will perform in Almaty from August 21 to 23.
EU launches tender for up to seven AI gigafactories
Up to €10 billion in EU and national funding will support the initiative, which is expected to unlock at least €20 billion in private investment.
Mangystau’s rock mosques enter the UNESCO World Heritage List
Beket-Ata, Shopan-Ata, Karaman-Ata, Shakpak-Ata and Sultan-Epe received international recognition in 2026.
Tashkent modernism is recognised as UNESCO heritage
Ten buildings and urban complexes created from the 1960s to the early 1990s have joined the World Heritage List.
Saodat Ismailova presents her first major solo exhibition in the US
The Uzbek artist and filmmaker’s Melted into the Sun is on view at the Smithsonian in Washington through November 29.
NASA prepares the Roman telescope for a late-August launch
The new space observatory will see a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s.
A new car-sized dinosaur species is identified in Zimbabwe
Musango matusadonaensis lived around 210 million years ago and reached about 4.5 metres in length.
Central Asia’s first major Bill Viola exhibition opens in Almaty
The Space of Time brings together 18 works and runs through January 17, 2027.
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