Afghanistan : hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul / edited by Fredrik Hiebert and Pierre Cambon.

Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, ©2008.
Description303 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorHiebert, Fredrik T. (Fredrik Talmage)
Other author/creatorCambon, Pierre.
Other author/creatorMūzih-ʼi Kābul.
Other author/creatorNational Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Contents The National Museum of Afghanistan / Omara Khan Massoudi -- Saving Afghanistan's heritage / Carla Grissmann and Fredrik Hiebert -- The treasure of Tepe Fullol / Jean-François Jarrige. Tepe Fullol catalog / Fredrik Hiebert -- The Greek colony at Aï Khanum and Hellinism in Central Asia ; Aï Khanum catalog / Paul Bernard -- Begram, at the heart of the Silk Roads / Sanjyot Mehendale. Begram, Alexandria of the Caucasus, capital of the Kushan Empire / Pierre Cambon. Begram catalog / Sanjyot Mehendale -- Ancient Bactria's golden hoard / Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi. Tillya Tepe, the hill of gold, a nomad necropolis ; Tillya Tepe catalog / Véronique Schiltz.
General noteCatalog 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.
General note"The original catalogue accompanying this exhibit is titled Afghanistan, les trésors retrouvés"--Colophon.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 296-297).
ISBN9781426202957 (pbk.)
ISBN1426202954 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks N7292 .A37 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold