Sharjah Archaeology Authority participates in conference for preserving Uzbekistan's cultural heritage SHARJAH, 22nd December, 2020 (WAM) -- The Sharjah Archaeology Authority (SAA), has participated in the activities of the Fourth World Conference of the International Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan, which was held in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, recently. The conference was attended by more than 300 scholars and specialists from over 40 countries in the world, and approximately 1,000 local experts and participants from Uzbekistan, as the conference coincided with the traditional week of Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan. Eisa Yousif, Director of Archaeology Department at Sharjah Archaeology Authority, gave a joint presentation with Sergey Lapteff, special researcher of the Miho Museum in Japan, on archaeological materials related to Central Asia along the Silk Road, and gave several examples of similarities between artefacts discovered in Sharjah and Central Asia, including pottery jars, stone utensils, ivory, glass and pearls.