Hidden Treasures
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul. Circular medallion with Eros and Psyche. Begram, Room 13, 1st century AD. Plaster. National Museum of Afghanistan. This item will be on display as part of the exhibition "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul" organized by the National Geographic Society and National Gallery of Art, in cooperation with the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul.
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Hidden Treasures
A land rich in art and history, Afghanistan has yielded archaeological wonders. Yet items that survived thousands of years barely survived the last three decades of Soviet conflict, civil war and Taliban rule. Quick thinking by staffers at the National Museum in Kabul preserved a number of important items, which are now on tour. This ornate dagger dates from the 1st century AD. It was found in 1978 at Tillya Tepe in north-central Afghanistan, where graves associated with a nomad chief were discovered. The artifact is part of "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From the National Museum, Kabul," on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., through Sept. 7, then travels to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in October.
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