Museum lesson at the Botai Museum Reserve
Today, on November 12, a museum lesson dedicated to the month of "Tools of the Botai Culture" was held in the exhibition hall of the Botai Museum-Reserve for the participants of the Young Archaeologist circle.
During the lesson, the children got acquainted with a variety of ancient tools, learned how the Botai people made and used them in everyday life, agriculture and hunting.
Participants were able to compare ancient instruments with modern analogues and participate in cognitive interactive tasks.
"Botai At the origins of steppe civilization".
On November 12, 2025, the Botai Museum-Reserve organized a traveling exhibition and museum event called "Botai at the origins of Steppe Civilization" in the Ayyrtau Center for Social Services of the population as part of an action to promote cultural inclusion.
During the campaign, master classes were held, short videos were shown and an informative lecture on the Botai culture was given. The participants were also shown a documentary about Botai and presented a presentation on the issues of museification of the archaeological heritage.
The young archaeologist
On November 6, 2025, the interregional conference of young historians "History, culture and prospects for the development of the regions of Kazakhstan through the eyes of young historians" was held in Petropavlovsk.
The conference was attended by students of the KSU "Saumalkol Secondary School No. 1" of the Ayyrtau district of the North Kazakhstan region. These are the participants of the "Young Archaeologist" circle at the Botai Museum-Reserve.
At this event, Zhaksybayeva Tomiris and Torgayeva Dayana, as well as Fatiadi Varvara and Zalevskaya Yanina, who took the second place, successfully defended their research works.
The young researchers presented research papers on the history and culture of their native land, showed a high level of training, analytical skills and interest in the history of Kazakhstan.
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"The use of stone raw materials in the paleometallic epoch".
From November 5-8, 2025, the international conference "The Use of stone Raw Materials in the Paleometallic Epoch" was held in the Russian Federation, in the city of St. Petersburg, at the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The scientific staff of the Botai Museum-Reserve took part in the conference in an online format, presenting their reports. The conference areas covered various thematic blocks, including tracological analyses of stone tools from the ancient era, their manufacturing technology, as well as issues of the sacred significance of artifacts.
Young archaeologists — the first successes!
A little earlier it was already written that the Zhas Archeologist circle was organized in the Botai Museum-Reserve, the head of the circle is Yerlan Zhumabekovich Bukenov.
Yesterday, on November 7, in the regional center, young Botai residents passed their first "combat" test — they took part in the II Interregional Conference of Young Historians "History, Culture and prospects for the development of the regions of Kazakhstan through the eyes of young historians", where they presented their research projects to the jury.
Considering that the guys have been studying in the circle for only the second month, their results can be considered more than excellent!
2nd place - Zhaksylykova Tomiris and Torgayeva Dayana — KSU "Saumalkol Secondary School No. 1"
2nd place - Fatiadi Varvara, Zalevskaya Yanina — KSU "Saumalkol Secondary School No. 1". LET'S MOVE ON!
