The collection includes articles about diverse aspects of palaeography and history of the culture of ancient and medieval Khorezm and its peripheral cattle-breeding regions. Issues on preservation of the cultural heritage of the ancient Khorezm civilization are examined as well.  The publication is aimed for the narrow group of specialists as well as for readers interested in issues of study of the natural environment of ancient societies, history and culture of peoples populated the vast regions of the Aral Sea area in the past.