Afghanistan at Your Favorite Things

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• Regional: Asia: Afghanistan: Society and Culture: History  (12)
• Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Altaic: Turkic: Uzbek  (4)
• Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Indo-European: Indo-Iranian: Iranian: Pashto  (2)
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• Afghanistan 1969-1974 - A collection of photographs by Dr. Volker Thewalt of Kabul Museum exhibits, Bamiyan, and other important sites in Afghanistan.
• BBC - Afghans Display Ancient Stone - An article reporting the acquisition of the 2000 year old Kushan Rabotak Stone. Includes statements of tolerance for archaeological remains by the Taliban.
• BBC - Experts Defer Buddhas' Rebuilding - Conservation experts meeting in Kabul to rescue Afghan cultural heritage decide Kabul Museum should be restored before the giant statues.
• Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan in The Schøyen Collection - Information on the debate of ownership of Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan presently held in the private Schøyen Collection in Norway.
• The Impact of War upon Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage - Paper presented at the AIA conference by Afghanistan's National Institute of Archaeology on the impact of war upon Afghanistan's cultural heritage. [PDF]
• Kabul Museum Online - Some images of pre-islamic pieces of the Kabul Museum prior to its destruction.

• Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan's Buddhas Still Under Threat - Investigates a case of possible corruption in the arrest and immediate release of several thieves intent on stealing archaeological relics. (June 8, 2004)
• Japan Times - Team to Excavate Afghan Buddhist Ruins - Japanese archaeologists plan to excavate a site in central Afghanistan that may have been an important center of Buddhism. (October 3, 2003)
• BBC - Afghan Gold Stash Found Intact - Report on a legendary store of 2,000-year old Afghan treasure, including gold and ancient manuscripts, found intact. (August 23, 2003)
• Indian Express - Dusty Mounds Unravel Clues to Vanished Afghan Past - Describes how beneath a series of mounds lie clues to a civilization that flourished long before Islam entered Afghanistan. (July 22, 2002)
• The Guardian - 'Miracle' of 2nd Century Bowl Saved From Taliban - Museum curators risk their lives to protect a 2nd century AD stone wine bowl carved with Bacchanalian scenes of naked women and satyrs dancing and feasting. (May 3, 2002)
• India Express - Inscription Throws New Light to Hindu Rule in Afghanistan - Article on a stone inscription in Sanskrit found in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan which gives insight into the reign of the Hindu Shahi ruler `Veka' in the 10th Century. (January 5, 2001)
• Museum Under Siege - An article by the Archaeological Institute of America detailing the ongoing efforts to rescue the collections of Afghanistan's National Museum. (May 26, 1998)