On April 1 in Samarkand, a historic city in Uzbekistan, there was a celebration in honor of the restoration of an ancient mural from the Afrasiab Palace, held at the Afrasiab Museum. The celebration ...

Nearby, at Afrasiab, restorer Marina Reutova unveils ancient Sogdian murals, offering a rare glimpse into 7th-century life. In Konigil, craftsman Zarif Mukhtarov revives the lost art of Samarkand ...

Students view a full-size replica of an Afrasiab mural painting at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on Tuesday. It was drawn in the middle of the seventh century and discovered in Uzbekistan ...

The first-floor exhibition halls at the two-story Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand ... The makeover included halls featuring royal murals or wall paintings that depict Goguryeo envoys attending ...