Afrasiab murals

Afrasiab murals
Detail of the Ambassadors' Painting.
Created648-651 CE
DiscoveredAfrasiyad, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
39°40′09″N 66°59′36″E / 39.669300°N 66.993400°E / 39.669300; 66.993400
Present locationAfrasiab Museum of Samarkand, Uzbekistan
CultureSogdian
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Afrasiab murals
Afrasiab murals is located in Uzbekistan
Afrasiab murals

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 pre-Mongol Samarkand. It is now preserved in a special museum on the Afrāsiāb mound.