A book exhibition dedicated to Nisa – the historical and cultural monument of outstanding value in the territory of Turkmenistan was opened at the Central Scientific Library of Turkmenistan under the Supreme Council for Science and Technology on the eve of the international scientific conference. The exposition covers the belles-lettres, scientific and popular literature in the Russian, Turkmen and other languages revealing the significance of the unique monument of intense interest to researchers and scientists all over the world over many years.

The rare editions of the valuable books including the works of the oriental and European scholars on the history of the dynasties of Seleucids, Sasanids, Partnians collected in “Cambridge History of Iran” will be of great interest to the visitors.

The four-volume book “The Parthian Economic Documents from Nisa” presents the unique documents of IV-II centuries BC: over 3,000 ostracons with the inscriptions discovered during the archeological excavations in Nisa are kept at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The book is rich in the illustrations and includes the transcription of these texts translated in English. “The Materials of the Southern Turkmen Archeological Complex Expedition” (1951) and the international scientific and popular magazines contains the materials on the Parthian script and the notable finds from Nisa. The monographs of the modern Turkmen scientists and their publications occupy the special place at the book exhibition.