Zainolla Samashev: the man behind Kazakhstan’s most iconic archaeological discoveries

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Zainolla Samashev: the man behind Kazakhstan’s most iconic archaeological discoveries  In this episode of Voices from Central Asia, we meet renowned Kazakh archaeologist Zainolla Samashev, whose groundbreaking discoveries have redefined Kazakhstan’s ancient past and challenged long-held myths about nomadic civilizations in the region.  In partnership with MDQ  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/02/zainolla-samashev-the-man-behind-kazakhstans-most-iconic-archaeological-discoveries  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:00Archaeologist should be a friend of his own,

00:03his fanatism should be,

00:04should be a foundation for the formation of these specialists.

00:13I started in 1966,

00:16when I was in the history of the faculty,

00:18it was romantic to live in the archaeological,

00:21in the student camp and work.

00:23When I was living, I looked at the rest of the old man,

00:28who lived 3,5 thousand years ago,

00:31and on the rest of the lives of my life.

00:38Our history is very long-long,

00:4190% of it is related to the ancient period.

00:46The ancient period of our history is constructed

00:49only by archaeological sources.

00:51This is the most important thing.

00:54To write the ancient and ancient history,

00:58of the ancient people,

00:59of the Kazakh population,

01:00and of the ancient people,

01:01the ancient people,

01:02and the ancient people,

01:03to use archaeological material.

01:04When the berries were created here,

01:11the skotovs, the hunters, the warriors,

01:14they lived, cocaped, and took guests.

01:18Here, somewhere in the near future,

01:22the governor of this state.

01:25In the center of this place,

01:27the Tsar's necropole was found,

01:31and now it remains to be found,

01:34the traces of the remains of the city of this country.

01:44In the beginning of the 1990s, in the neighboring region of the Russian Altaic,

01:49people began to find these new fried currants.

01:54Then I came up with the idea,

01:57that we also have fried currants.

02:00Why should we not discover such currants,

02:03find these ancient genetic sources,

02:05to compare them to the modern казахskis population,

02:10to show the relevance of the molecular and biological level?

02:16We did it in 1998,

02:19to start these scientific researches,

02:22which still continues to be here.

02:26We found that there were more of 30 saviors

02:30in the early ancient Iylute,

02:32the Saqqs epoch.

02:36Then they were dug into the Elfovato

02:39the Houn-Nusambi assimis and the Etoxtra-Nusambi

02:40that have been dug into thebean-nusambi

02:42for the museum.

02:43Here we were impressed by the opening of this museum's complex.

02:52This is one of the most successful moments of opening the museum in 2008.

02:59Everyone wants to see this gold.

03:04As a real gold person, if we use this term,

03:09there are only two of them.

03:11There are two of them,

03:12the one of Ysikski and our Ysikski,

03:15Ysikski IV and III do our era.

03:18It was VIII do our era.

03:20It was completely destroyed.

03:23There were two people left,

03:25and they were destroyed.

03:26And there, in 20 cm,

03:29we found a person who found a person.

03:33The person who found a person,

03:35and then, after the war,

03:37after the war,

03:38they were destroyed.

03:39The people just didn't see it.

03:40To our幸福.

03:46In the first place,

03:47I did a reconstruction

03:48with the Haleola Ahmichan.

03:50This reconstruction,

03:52in the Ysikski and the National Museum.

03:54There is a person,

03:56there is a rattle,

03:57there is a rattle,

03:58there is a rattle,

03:59there is a rattle,

04:00there is a rattle,

04:01there is a rattle.

04:02There is a rattle,

04:03and a rattle.

04:04There is a rattle.

04:05There is an rattle.

04:06There is a rattle.

04:07There is an rattle,

04:08a rattle.

04:09These are as small as they were.

04:11A rattle,

04:12a half a millimeter,

04:13a rattle.

04:14It is VIII do our era,

04:15it is the 2800s.

04:16What kind of technology,

04:17a real knowledge need to be able

04:19to build a insulting,

04:21it is there is to get it on,

04:22but then put it,

04:23and then build a rattle.

04:25And then create a rattle.

04:27I have a lot of tasks for 10 years, and I have a lot of books that are written.

04:3580 years after 1,5 years will not be completed, but I will not be able to do all these tasks in this time.

04:43So, I will put my life in a certain time.

04:4785, maybe, I will start.

04:51Or 90, I will start.

04:5790, I will start.

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