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The hoard is a collection of about 20,600 ornaments, coins and other kinds of artifacts, made of gold, silver, ivory, etc., that were found in six burial mounds erected for five women and one man, with extremely rich jewelry, dated to around the 1st century BCE-1st century CE. The ornaments include
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had to issue a decree authorizing the attorney general to go ahead with safecracking. But in time, the five key-holders were successfully assembled and the vault opened. Since then, the National Geographic Society has catalogued the collection, which appears to be complete – 22,000 objects. Also
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Some of the most spectacular finds were a part of the traveling exhibition titled "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From the National Museum, Kabul" or "Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World" which were first on displayed in December 2006 in France’s
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These graves at Tillya Tepe were initially regarded by the excavator as belonging to Yuezhi or Kushan nobility, but they are most likely to be tombs of a local tribal chief and his family who had strong connections with the Sakā cultures of Central
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In 2003, after the Taliban was deposed, the new government wanted to open the vault, but the keyholders (called "tawadars") could not be summoned because their names were purposefully unknown.
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having been looted numerous times resulting in a loss of 70% of the 100,000 objects on display. In 2003, however, it was found in secret vaults under the central bank building in Kabul.
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Several coins dated up to the early 1st century CE, with none dated later, suggest a 1st-century CE date for the burial. The coins found in the excavations belonged to
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Fredrik Hiebert and Pierre Cambon, eds. Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul. Washington DC: National Geographic, 2007.
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Reconstitution of two members of the Tillya Tepe burial, with corresponding artifacts: man (r. tomb IV) and woman (l. tomb II).
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legend "Sih vigatabhay" ("The lion who dispelled fear"). The obverse shows an almost naked man only wearing an Hellenistic
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in Washington, D.C. from May 25 to Sept. 7th, 2008; from Oct. 24th, 2008 to Jan. 25th, 2009 the collection was at the
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A Buddhist gold coin from India was also found in tomb IV (the male warrior). On the reverse it depicts a lion with a
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ones (decorated ivory plates). This seems to be a testimony to the richness of cultural influences in the area of
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in Kabul. The doors of the vault were locked with keys which were distributed to five trusted individuals.
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A gold coin was also found in tomb III showing the bust in profile of the wreath-crowned Roman Emperor
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In August 2021, the Taliban took control of Kabul, and the treasure is apparently missing yet again.
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By 2020, the displays brought in over 350 million Afs ($ 4.5 million) for Afghanistan. In 2021,
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cultural and artistic influences can be found in many of the forms and human depictions (from
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in Germany from June 11, 2010 to January 2, 2011, from March 3, 2011 to July 3, 2011 the
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The artifacts were also intermixed with items coming from much farther, such as a few
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The Golden Hoard of Bactria: From the Tillya-tepe Excavations in Northern Afghanistan
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In 1989 following a committee decision, the last Communist president of Afghanistan,
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in Paris. The exhibition supported by The National Geographic has also been to the
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witnessing the re-opening were National Geographic Explorer and Archaeology Fellow
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Finally, a very worn coin has been identified as belonging to the Yuezhi chieftain
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in Gatineau-Ottawa held the exhibition from October 23, 2009, to March 28, 2010;
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from April 12 to June 19, 2016 and later from May 17 to June 17, 2017 at the
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Sarianidi, Victor. 1990–1992. "Tilya Tepe: The Burial of a Noble Warrior."
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had ordered the hoard moved from the museum to an underground vault at the
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in the same area until around 140 BCE, and the continued existence of the
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gold artifacts recovered thousands of kilometers west on the banks of the
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announced that the gold will be sent abroad for display and safekeeping.
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from 6 March to 1 June 2014, and from July 5 to November 16, 2014 at the
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in the northwestern Indian sub-continent until the beginning of our era.
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also saw displays. Later on, the travelling exhibition continued at the
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The hoard was thought to have been lost at some point in the 1990s, the
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A silver coin was found in one of the tombs from the reigns of the
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is being planned where the Bactrian gold will eventually be kept.
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artifacts (especially Chinese bronze mirrors) as well as a few
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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
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Rings from Tillia tepe; the left one represents a seated
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Following an agreement between the Afghan government and
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It is thought that the site most likely belonged to the
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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum
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Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations Along the Silk Road
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Pankova, Svetlana; Simpson, St John (1 January 2017).
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and the archaeologist who originally found the hoard,
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The hoard found there is often known as the 4592: 3146: 3098:, June 9, 2006 – provides an overview. 3062:A photograph of the Tillya Tepe burial ground 3018: 1400: 766:from November 16, 2019 to February 10, 2020. 706:, New York from June 23 to Sept. 20th, 2009; 1972:Amir, Saltanat; Roberts, Rebecca C. (2023). 1948:"Taliban announce hunt for ancient treasure" 1750: 973:(to scale), and tumuli of Tillya Tepe, near 501:Hellenistic tritons with dolphins (Tomb I.). 3160: 3067:"An overview of the burials at Tillya tepe" 1971: 1697:PUGACHENKOVA, G. A.; REMPEL, L. I. (1991). 1550: 4599: 4585: 3153: 3139: 3025: 3011: 1604:History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set 1516: 1427: 1407: 1393: 4464:Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho 3112:"Lost Treasures of Afghanistan Revealed " 3078:, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1989: 1641: 1458: 2053:, Leningrad, Editions d'art Aurora, 1985 964: 582: 574: 570: 540:), attributable to the existence of the 496: 390: 369:An imitation gold coin of Parthian King 311: 4311:Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex 3201:Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex 1742:. British Museum. p. 66, Item 25. 936:" polylobed decorated daggers. Tomb IV. 439:hat (an iconography similar to that of 419:in a yet non-canonical representation". 14: 5014:Former populated places in Afghanistan 4981: 4566:Siberian Collection of Peter the Great 1759: 1739:Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia 1597: 1512: 1510: 492: 4580: 3134: 1564:"Miscellanies about the Buddha Image" 1453: 1451: 868:riding on fish, Tillia tepe. 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Bactrian Gold

Tillya Tepe is located in Continental Asia
Tillya Tepe is located in Bactria
Tillya Tepe is located in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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