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245 00 $aAfghanistan :$bhidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul /$cedited by Fredrik Hiebert and Pierre Cambon.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bNational Geographic Society,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $a303 pages :$billustrations (some color), color maps ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tForeword From the President of Afghanistan --$tLetter From the Exhibition Organizers --$tReport on the European Tour --$gI.$tThe National Museum of Afghanistan /$rOmara Khan Massoudi --$gII.$tSaving Afghanistan's Heritage /$rCarla Grissmann and Fredrik Hiebert --$gIII.$tThe Lost Worlds of Afghanistan /$rFredrik Hiebert --$gIV.$tThe Treasure of Tepe Fullol /$rJean-Francois Jarrige --$tTepe Fullol Catalog /$rFredrik Hiebert --$gV.$tThe Greek Colony at Al Khanum and Hellenism in Central Asia /$rPaul Bernard --$tAI Khanum Catalog /$rPaul Bernard --$gVI.$tBegram: at the Heart of the Silk Roads /$rSanjyot Mehendale --$tBegram: Alexandria of the Caucasus, Capital of the Kushan Empire /$rPierre Cambon --$tBegram Catalog /$rSanjyot Mehendale --$gVII.$tAncient Bactria's Golden Hoard /$rViktor Ivanovich Sarianidi --$tTillya Tepe, the Hill of Gold: A Nomad Necropolis /$rVeronique Schiltz --$tTillya Tepe Catalog /$rVeronique Schiltz.
500 $aCatalog of exhibition held at National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 25-Sept. 27, 2008; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 24, 2008-Jan. 25, 2009; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, Feb. 22-May 17, 2009; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, June 23-Sept. 20, 2009.
500 $a"The original catalogue accompanying this exhibit is titled Afghanistan, les trésors retrouvés"--Colophon.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 296-297).
520 1 $a"Renowned for a magnificently treacherous mountain terrain, and for a brave tradition that has defeated invaders from ancient nomads to the Soviet Army, the Afghans bestride one of the most famous and lucrative trading routes in history, the Silk Road. At the nexus of this route, Afghans laid claim to a fabulous wealth of treasures from Europe, the Middle East, China, India, Africa, and the West." "Among these troves, one glitters with a particular intensity. Lost for centuries and unearthed only months before the Russian invasion of 1979, this find and its centerpiece, known as the Bactrian Hoard, was saved from invaders and the Taliban by a group who have come to be known as "the key holders": curators and guards of the Afghan National Museum, who risked their lives to hide the finest pieces for nearly thirty years. These ordinary Afghans withstood the threat of violence (and in at least one case, actual torture) at the hands of ruthless would-be thieves, and endured hardship, hunger, fear and temptation to keep their dangerous secret, until the exquisite craftsmanship of the Bactrian Hoard was again revealed - and exhibited as a symbol of a newly resurgent Afghanistan." "This unique and beautiful collection travels the United States from the spring of 2008 until the fall of 2009. This volume is the catalogue for this exhibition, a stunning full-color portfolio of hundreds of photographs that captures all the drama, beauty, and historical heritage of the Bactrian Hoard and the Afghan culture it so eloquently represents."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aArt, Afghan$vExhibitions.
651 0 $aAfghanistan$xAntiquities$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aArt$zAfghanistan$zKabul$vExhibitions.
610 20 $aMūzih-ʼi Kābul$vExhibitions.
700 1 $aHiebert, Fredrik T.$q(Fredrik Talmage)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95025788
700 1 $aCambon, Pierre.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001072100
710 2 $aMūzih-ʼi Kābul.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50058646
710 2 $aNational Gallery of Art (U.S.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79054426
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