The name Anau derives from TurkicAna ev (Mother's Home), meaning "Mother's Home".
Overview
The city built a new stadium in 2003 and the National White Wheat Museum in 2005 to house artifacts recovered from the area.[3]
City status in the etrap was assigned on February 3, 2008.[4]
The city was designated "Cultural Capital of the Turkic World" for 2024 at the 39th session of the Permanent Council of Ministers of Culture of TURKSOY.[5][6]
Archaeology
The ChalcolithicAnau culture dates to 4500 BC, following the Neolithic Jeitun culture in the cultural sequence of southern Turkmenistan.[7]
Anau was excavated by a joint Turkmen-U.S. archaeological expedition in the 1990s and 2000s.[7] Anau was a stopping point along the ancient Silk Road. Fine painted pottery is found here.
^Nyýazmämedow, Çerkez (26 December 2022). "Новый облик древнего города" (in Russian). Нейтральный туркменистан. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.