The New York Times has published an article about recent discoveries on the cultures of ancient nomads in the Eurasian steppes. The recent findings show that nomadic societies were no less developed than their sedentary counterparts, and that they simply developed a different und no less successful strategy for survival. Also, there is an exhibition on this subject titled Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, on loan from Kazakhstan’s four national museums.