Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declares state of emergency and says he plans to act ‘as toughly as possible’Kazakhstan’s president has appealed to a Moscow-led security bloc to help regain control amid protests sparked by fuel price rises, after demonstrators t…
Gold of the Great Steppe review – the breathtaking lives of history’s ‘barbarians’
Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeFrom their astounding burial mounds to their dazzling horses dressed up as mythical beasts, this exhibition about Kazakhstan’s ancient nomads shows the power of archaeology to revive the deadA young archer was buried around…
Golden history of Kazakhstan’s Saka warrior people revealed
Exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to tell story of little known civilization that flourished from eighth to third century BCWisdom, as Bob Marley put it, is better than gold. From next month however, the precious metal is central to a major…