DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh has opened its first Agricultural Museum, a landmark institution dedicated to documenting how one of the world’s most densely populated nations was built on the rhythm of its soil. Located within the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) campus in Mymensingh, the museum spans five acres of restored gree...
AL-AHSA, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — In the heart of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahsa oasis, where vast groves of palm trees stretch across the desert, a group of Saudi artists and designers is reviving the ancient craft of Al-Khoos weaving, blending traditional techniques with modern creative expression. The Al-Khoos Residency, held from October 3 to 14, bro...
KIRKUK, Iraq (MNTV) — Authorities in Kirkuk have launched a large-scale heritage protection campaign aimed at securing more than 1,100 archaeological sites across the province, in what officials describe as Iraq’s most comprehensive preservation initiative in decades. Raed al-Obaidi, head of the Kirkuk Antiquities and Heritage Department, said...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — The International Silk Road Festival has opened in Margilan, a historic city in the Fergana Valley known for its silk weaving traditions. The event celebrates the region’s cultural heritage through traditional music, crafts, and storytelling, underscoring Central Asia’s role as a crossroads of civilizations. Accor...
ALKHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has unveiled the Khoos Initiative, an ambitious cultural program designed to preserve and transform Saudi Arabia’s centuries-old craft of palm weaving into a driver of global creativity and innovation. Rooted in Al-Ahsa, home to the world’s largest date palm oa...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — The Center for Islamic Civilization has unveiled three ancient necklaces, gifted by the London-based David Aaron Gallery, that shed new light on the deep history of Central Asia’s cultural and trade networks. The ornaments, now displayed in the museum’s permanent collection, include a gold necklace set with precio...
HATAY, Türkiye (MNTV) — Archaeologists have uncovered five human footprints dating back some 7,000 years during excavations at the Tell Kurdu Mound in Reyhanlı’s Karahüyük area, in what officials describe as one of the rarest archaeological discoveries in Anatolia. Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced the finding in a st...
ÇANAKKALE, Türkiye (MNTV) — Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Troy have uncovered a 4,500-year-old gold ring-shaped brooch and a rare jade stone, a discovery officials say will reshape understanding of the city’s Early Bronze Age history. The finds, made under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s Heritage for the Future project, d...
Iftikhar Gilani The remote Himalayan region of Ladakh, earlier part of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and on the borders of China perched at altitudes where summer sun burns and winter snows choke all access, is again making headlines. At least four people were killed this week when police clashed with demonstrators demanding protection ...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Kazakhstan has advanced a landmark UNESCO application by submitting a mixed cultural-natural nomination for the Ustyurt Plateau, a remote semi-desert expanse that straddles Central Asia and is known for dramatic escarpments, archaeological remains and rare wildlife. The dossier, titled “Ustyurt Plateau: Landscapes a...
