The meeting of two civilizations. Film. (1988)

The historical sequence of the change of states in the territories of the Near and Middle East (animation).

Sand dunes and landscapes in the Turkmen desert.

The caravan is moving through the desert.

A scarab beetle rolls a ball on the sand.

A moving caravan.

Panorama of sands and dunes.

A human skull among rocks and sand.

The skull is in the hands of a person, sand is poured out of the skull.

The face of a man examining a skull.

Panorama of a part of the ancient city discovered and excavated by archaeologists.

Fragments of pottery among the remains of buildings, the image of a human face on one of the fragments.

Professor-linguist V. V. Ivanov and professor-archaeologist V. I. Sarianidi talk about the similarity of two civilizations-Greece and Central Asia, based on the results of archaeological finds, about the kinship of myths, about the legitimacy of such a similarity (synchronously).

Sarianidi pours sand out of a vessel found at the excavations of the burial, picks up the found artifact.

A cylindrical seal found at the excavations in Margiana.

A fragment of the central composition of the image on the print.

The subjects depicted on the Margian seal and on the frescoes of the palace in Knossos in Crete and similar to each other, fragments of images.

Panorama of the ruins of the Palace of Knossos in Crete.

Sarianidi examines the preserved part of the palace portico, the image of Moira on the wall of the palace.

Tourists in the galleries of the labyrinth palace.

View of the ruins of the palace.

Sarianidi walks through the ruins of the palace, views of the ruins and preserved parts of the palace.

Sailboat in the sea, sea surf in Crete.

Sarianidi stands on the seashore.

Participants of the archaeological expedition at the campfire, a model of the ancient city.

Sarianidi at the campfire among the archaeologists.

The faces of the archaeologists, illuminated by the flames of the fire.

Silhouettes of men and women against the background of the setting sun (combined shooting).

Objects of the fire cult discovered during excavations.

At the excavations, Sarianidi tells young colleagues about the cult of fire in Zoroastrianism, about the tribes that settled Margiana at the beginning of the 2nd millennium (synchronously).

The seal discovered during the excavation of the altars, the image of a camel on the seal, visible under a magnifying glass.

A model of a temple excavated by archaeologists.

Views of the territory of the excavated temple in Margiana, Sarianidi's story about the ritual functions of the temple sounds behind the scenes (synchronously).

Animal figurines and a bowl found at the excavations of the temple.

Sarianidi and members of the expedition walk around the territory of the excavated temple.

The remains of the" White Room " of the temple, Sarianidi continues the story about the course of the excavations and the discovered finds (synchronously).

Panorama of the excavation site.

Members of the expedition and Sarianidi have lunch at a table under a canopy.

The faces of archaeologists.

A tent in the expedition camp, two archaeologists go to the excavation.

Panorama of a part of the excavation site.

Archaeologists conduct excavations, clean the finds from sand.

An archaeologist girl in the camp studies images on found objects.

A fragment of a seal with the image of a camel, discovered during excavations.

Images of a bull on a seal and a Cretan fresco.

View of the excavated burial in Tagalka.

Bones of animals and humans sacrificed in honor of the burial.

Skeletons at the bottom of the excavation.

Panorama of the desert and the excavated ancient palace in Gonur-Depa.

Sarianidi walks around the excavated palace.

The sun is over the river.

Bunches of grapes and fruits on the branches.

Watermelons and melons on the market.

A desert landscape.

View of the excavated palace (from above).

Views of dried-up reservoirs and salt marshes in the desert (from above).