The Divine World: Western Central Asia Return to The Divine World There is little evidence to reconstruct the religious beliefs for much of western Central Asia during the third millennium B.C. and, although it is comparatively easy to identify supernatural creatures in art, it is difficult to distinguish specific deities.		Select an image below to learn more and see the enlarged view.

Images, from top to bottom: Seated female figurines, late 3rd millennium B.C.; Namazga V. Western Central Asia, Altyn-depe, settlement, Excavation 9. A: Building 10(a). 2851-56. B: Building 11, crypt. 2851-62. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Compartmented stamp seal with winged goddess on a dragon, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C. Western Central Asia, Gonur-depe, Tomb 570. The National Museum of Turkmenistan Named After Saparmurat Turkmenbashi, Ashgabat.

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