The local history museum of Atyrau region hosted an informative lesson "Silver-jeweled girls’ dowry". The lecture was attended by 11th grade students of school-gymnasium of Atyrau. The lecture included a detailed presentation of "Silver-jeweled girl" artifacts found in the Miyaly (Zhankeldy) mound in Kyzylkoga district during the excavations of the archeological expedition by the museum in 2020 and the silver jewelries of a bridle buried with the corpse.
The lesson is divided into five stages. At "Information" stage, students got acquainted with the features of the valuable artifacts in the exhibition hall of the museum, found in earth’s interior, and its progress of the study through slides on the LED screen. At “I am a traveller” stage, they enjoyed seeing the jewelry and the silver patches of the horse's bridle belonged to " Silver-jeweled girl" artifacts exposed in “Archeology” expositional hall. They also saw a silver earring and a talisman, iron scissors and a broken piece of knife found near the skeleton. Elmira Ibragimova, a lecturer and historian-archaeologist of the museum's research department, gave detailed information about other exhibits during the tour through halls; at “I am an historian” stage, she put the questions on observed artifacts and information given in the course of the tour. In addition, at "I am a re-enactor" stage, students are divided into two groups and make a cut-out picture "Who is faster?" and at "I am an archaeologist" stage, students played a game of digging pottery fragments buried in the ground.
At the end of the lecture, students toured other halls of the museum, and the tutor of the students, history teacher Shynar Badanova thanked the museum staff.