The Afrasiab murals, also known as the Paintings of the Ambassadors, are a rare surviving example of Sogdian art discovered in 1965 when local authorities began building a road through the Afrasiab mound, the site of pre-Mongol Samarkand. They are now preserved and displayed in a dedicated museum on the mound. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created LocationAfrasiab Museum of Samarkand, Samarkand, Uzbekistan 2 Medium
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1. Wikidata: Afrasiab murals
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It is now preserved in a special museum on the Afrāsiāb mound.
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The Afrasiab murals, also called the Paintings of the Ambassadors, is a rare example of Sogdian art.
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The Afrasiab murals, also called the Paintings of the Ambassadors, is a rare example of Sogdian art. It was discovered in 1965 when the local authorities decided to construct a road in the middle of Afrāsiāb mound, the old site of
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