Megalithic Portal: Latest from Afghanistan

Mundigak

KaiHofmann — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:36:02 GMT

Ancient Village or Settlement in Afghanistan

Tillia tepe

Andy B — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:32:27 GMT

Tillia tepe is an archaeological site in northern Afghanistan near Sheberghan, surveyed in 1979 by a Soviet-Afghan mission of archaeologists led by Victor Sarianidi, a year before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 20,000 gold ornaments and coins were found in six graves (five women and one man) with extremely rich jewelry, dated to around the 1st century BCE.

Buddhas of Bamiyan

KaiHofmann — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:38:11 GMT

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Mes Aynak

Andy B — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:37:10 GMT

Mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient tomb complex, the excavators have unofficially been given three years but will this be honoured?. Last year the French archaeological mission, in cooperation with the Afghan National Institute of Archaeology, it began an excavation of an ancient Buddhist settlement at the Mes Aynak mine, which has the second-largest known unexploited copper deposits in the world. The team are racing to rescue as much as possible before the mining work begins.

Ai-Khanoum

AlexHunger — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:00:51 GMT

Ancient Village or Settlement in Afghanistan