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	The Golden Hoard: An Ancient Afghan Treasure is Recovered
		The gold hoard from the ancient kingdom of Bactria has survived the years of chaos since it was discovered: the Soviet invasion, the warring among the mujahaddin, and the rise of the Taliban.
		The artifacts were uncovered in 1978 in the Mound of Gold, or Tillya Tepe, in a northern Afghan province that lies between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the Amu Darya River.
		Another gold coin is stamped with the profile of the Roman emperor Tiberius, minted in Lugdunum in Gaul between 16 and 21 C.E.--the first coin of its kind found in all of Central Asia.
	www.neh.gov /news/humanities/2004-11/goldenhoard.html (2777 words)

	LRF Gobi Gold, the bactrian camel calf (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gobi is a bactrian camel calf at Llama Rose Farm.
		Bactrians are well known as beast of burden, often carrying 1000 pounds for as many as 30 miles in the scorching heat and sand of their native environment, or in the very cold.
		They are bactrian and dromedary camels, llamas, guanacos, alpacas and vicunas.
	www.llamarose.com /gobi2.html (922 words)

	Bactria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bactrian language is an Iranian language of the Indo-Iranian sub-family of the Indo-European family.
		The Bactrians are one of the ancestral lines of the modern-day Pashtuns, Tajiks, of Central Asia.
		The Bactrian king Euthydemus and his son Demetrius crossed the Hindu Kush and began the conquest of Northern Afghanistan and the Indus valley.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bactrian_Empire (1477 words)

	Bactrian Gold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The treasure of the royal burial Tillia tepe is attributed to 1st century BCE Sakas in Bactria.
		The Bactrian Treasure (also known as the Bactrian Gold) is a treasure cache that lay dormant under the "Hill of Gold" (or "Golden Hill"), or Tillia tepe, for 2,000 years until Soviet archeologists exposed it shortly before the 1979 invasion.
		The hoard is a collection of about 20,600 gold ornaments that was found in six burial mounds near Sheberghan, in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan, and was excavated in 1978 by a team led by the Greek-Russian archaeologist Victor Sariyannidis, a year before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bactrian_Gold (334 words)

	Afghanistan: Nation Protects Storied Bactrian Treasure
		"The Bactrian treasure was found in Jowzjan Province in six graves that belong to the first century [before Christ] and the first decade of the Christian calendar," Massoudi says.
		In 1988, the gold pieces were transferred to a highly secure vault within the central bank at the compound of the Afghan presidential palace.
		Barekzai says that exhibiting the Bactrian gold could buoy the spirits of beleaguered Afghans and help strengthen national identity by documenting a proud history.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/jun/1109.html (895 words)

	Treasure find beneath Kabul palace
		Priceless gold coins, a gold crown and a pendant of Aphrodite dating back to Alexander's time have been found in a vault beneath the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghan diplomats in Europe have confirmed.
		The Bactrian gold was originally excavated in 1978 by Russian archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi, in the north of Afghanistan and was immediately sent for safekeeping to Kabul.
		It consisted of over 20,000 gold objects, including jewellery of semi-precious stones and coins, a collapsible gold crown, a ceremonial diadem, a dress clasp with two cupids, a pendant of Aphrodite, an intricate belt and a dagger encrusted with jewels.
	in.rediff.com /news/2003/oct/20shyam1.htm (377 words)

	Afghanistan's ancient Bactrian gold in rare display -- Middle East Times (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Afghanistan put on display on Saturday part of its collection of the famed 2,000-year-old Bactrian gold, the first showing in 17 years of the ancient treasure that resurfaced in 2003 after fears that it had been destroyed in war.
		In 2003 when a measure of stability had returned to the country after the ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001, the central bank's vaults were opened to reveal the collection, which had been hidden there by a few museum staff.
		The 25 relics displayed on Saturday, most of them dating to the first century BC, included a Bactrian Aphrodite, a intricate chained belt with buckles showing a man riding a lion, a solid gold plate, a dagger and sheath, and jewelry delicately inlaid with turquoise and garnets.
	www.metimes.com /print.php?StoryID=20060207-080605-3765r (345 words)

	American Archaeologist Authenticates Afghanistan's Recovered National Treasures
		In the summer of 2003, Hiebert received word that the Bactrian gold was in the hands of the Afghan government.
		The legendary Bactrian gold collection and Afghanistan’s gold bullion had been sequestered in an impenetrable vault protected by seven elaborate locks in the presidential palace complex.
		The awestruck scientists stared in disbelief as precious gold appliqués, pendants and clasps, an elaborate crown and a statue of Aphrodite were carefully unwrapped.
	www.washington-report.org /archives/May-June_2005/0505042.html (1069 words)

	Gold fever - www.theage.com.au
		On July 3, 2003, in the Assyrian galleries of the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad, a small part of the treasure known as the gold of Nimrud was shown to a select group of journalists and dignitaries.
		A gold crown, part of the treasure known as the gold of Nimrud, in the National Museum in Baghdad.
		What they could not have known is that although the gold bars were in the vault, the Bactrian treasures were, in fact, stored in a room upstairs, in a number of ordinary travel trunks underneath bags containing old coins.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/01/13/1073877824063.html (1679 words)

	Philadelphia Inquirer \| 12/13/2006 \| An Afghan trove resurfaces after years of war, vandalism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Bactrian gold, as it is known, went on display this month at Paris' Guimet Museum.
		The group was known as the "key holders," because its members held the keys to the basement vault on the grounds of the presidential palace where the gold and other museum treasures were hidden during troubled times, archaeologists and curators said.
		The key holders had saved not only the Bactrian gold, but many of the National Museum's most valuable treasures as well, protecting them from the rocket fire, looting and Taliban rampages that destroyed 70 percent of art in the museum.
	www.philly.com /mld/inquirer/news/nation/16225902.htm (640 words)

	Afghanistan displays its 'Hoard of Bactrian Gold' - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
		Sometime during the 23 years of turmoil that engulfed Afghanistan after the Soviet takeover, the Bactrian gold - which was fleetingly shown to dignitaries and experts in the 1980s - dropped from sight, raising alarm among archaeologists who feared it had been stolen by warlords and melted down as booty.
		Still, the stars of the show are the Bactrian gold items, displayed in glass cases in a darkened room with shadowy images of Afghan nomads flickering on screens at either end.
		Six boxes of Bactrian gold - corresponding to the six tombs discovered by the Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi - were found intact.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/12/05/news/guimet.php (923 words)

	Treasure find beneath Kabul palace
		Priceless gold coins, a gold crown and a pendant of Aphrodite dating back to Alexander's time have been found in a vault beneath the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghan diplomats in Europe have confirmed.
		The Bactrian gold was originally excavated in 1978 by Russian archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi, in the north of Afghanistan and was immediately sent for safekeeping to Kabul.
		It consisted of over 20,000 gold objects, including jewellery of semi-precious stones and coins, a collapsible gold crown, a ceremonial diadem, a dress clasp with two cupids, a pendant of Aphrodite, an intricate belt and a dagger encrusted with jewels.
	us.rediff.com /news/2003/oct/20shyam1.htm (292 words)

	Mystery of Afghan cultural heritage solved as Bactrian gold goes on show \| Published December 17th, 2006 \| () (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The group was known as the "key holders," because they held the keys to the basement vault on the grounds of the presidential palace where the gold and other museum treasures were hidden during troubled times, archaeologists and curators said.
		The key holders had not only saved the Bactrian gold, but many of the National Museum's most valuable treasures as well, protecting them from the rocket-fire, looting and Taliban rampages that destroyed 70 per cent of art in Afghanistan.
		Visitors to the Guimet Museum's exhibit can see 220 Afghan treasures, including many pieces of Bactrian gold, which were discovered in 1978 by Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi at a first-century burial ground.
	www.canadaeast.com /ce2/docroot/article.php?articleID=78519 (789 words)

	'Secrets' Worth Weight in Gold
		The priceless Bactrian gold collection, precious ivories, bronze statues and other artifacts of 5,000 years of history on the Orient's Silk Road were preserved despite the devastation engulfing the country, archeologists said Wednesday.
		The discovery of the Bactrian gold was announced this summer, but a just-completed inventory revealed that virtually all of the museum's most precious items are intact, Oxford University archeologist Fredrik T. Hiebert said.
		As it turned out, the Bactrian gold was stored in an elaborate bank vault along with much of the country's store of gold bullion, protected behind a shield of seven locks that defied the efforts of the Taliban to break in.
	cscs.umich.edu /~crshalizi/sloth/2004-11-28.html (1045 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : A History in Silver and Gold
		For here, stamped upon ancient silver and gold, are the names and portraits of nearly 40 monarchs who ruled Bactria and India in the aftermath of Alexander the Great—most of them names that have not been known or spoken for over two millennia.
		We are fortunate that Bactrian coins are more than beautiful masterworks of the engraver's art; they are also expressive testimonials to the political, economic, military and religious life of the people who made and used them.
		Stamped in metal are the names and titles of the Bactrian rulers, the regalia of kingship and military command, the images of Greek and non-Greek gods and goddesses, the symbols of conquest, the ties of kinship and the marks of mintage control.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199403/a.history.in.silver.and.gold.htm (5017 words)

	The New York Times > Arts > Art & Design > A Hoard of Gold That Afghanistan Quietly Saved
		Beads from the Bactrian gold, hidden in vaults in Kabul after it was discovered in 1978-79 in burial mounds in northern Afghanistan.
		Now, what is known as the Bactrian gold — 20,600 pieces of gold jewelry, funeral ornaments and personal belongings from 2,000-year-old burial mounds — has emerged from hiding intact, a shimmering example of the heights scaled by ancient Afghan culture.
		Carla Grissman, an American who has been working with the Kabul museum since 1973 and saw the gold when it was first discovered, said she had known all along the gold was safe, but for her the moment was no less moving.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/06/24/arts/design/24GOLD.html?ex=1403409600&en=96fe986db581e244&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (867 words)

	Archaeologists strke gold as Afghan treasure emerges from hiding place - World - www.smh.com.au
		Now, what is known as the Bactrian gold - 20,600 pieces of gold jewellery, funeral ornaments and personal belongings from 2000-year-old burial mounds - has emerged from hiding intact, a shimmering example of the heights scaled by ancient Afghan culture.
		For years the gold was feared stolen, lost or melted down by the different forces that held power during more than 20 years of war.
		This was once the centre of the Bactrian empire, which stretched from the city of Balkh (the ancient Bactra) across northern Afghanistan.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/06/25/1088144980558.html (674 words)

	American Archaeologist Authenticates Afghanistan's Recovered National Treasures
		In the summer of 2003, Hiebert received word that the Bactrian gold was in the hands of the Afghan government.
		The legendary Bactrian gold collection and Afghanistan’s gold bullion had been sequestered in an impenetrable vault protected by seven elaborate locks in the presidential palace complex.
		The awestruck scientists stared in disbelief as precious gold appliqués, pendants and clasps, an elaborate crown and a statue of Aphrodite were carefully unwrapped.
	www.wrmea.com /archives/May-June_2005/0505042.html (1069 words)

	The Embassy of Afghanistan in Tokyo - Life & Culture
		The Bactrian Gold is a rich variety of coins and other objects from before and after Alexander the Great’s death.
		During the years of civil war and then Taliban rule, the gold’s location was kept secret by a handful of museum workers and bank employees, and had been stored three floors down in the Central Bank vaults inside the Arg, the presidential palace.
		Every single one of the 20,600 gold pieces, some as small as a fingernail, were found as they were left by the Soviet and Afghan archaeologists and museum workers who packed them in 1979.
	www.afghanembassyjp.com /en/life/?pn=27 (822 words)

	The Galloping Beaver: The Keyholders of Afghanistan
		The mysterious keyholders, still anonymous to this day for fear of their safety, hid the Bactrian gold in the central Afghanistan Bank, not in the ordinary vaults but in the presidency vaults, a place reserved for gold bullion and national treasures.
		When the Taliban were shown the vault with the gold bars and were reassured of the existence of the bullion, they exited the vault.
		The keyholder was told to lock the vault, which he did, but unbeknownst to the Taliban the keyholder deliberately twisted the key backwards in the lock, breaking off and lodging a small piece of the key within the lock.
	thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com /2006/12/keyholders-of-afghanistan.html (531 words)

	ChronWatch Reader Forum :: View topic - The Legend Of The Bactrian Gold
		The treasures of the Bactrian period had long eluded archeologists, and some had assumed them to be nothing more than legend, or the victim of graverobbers over the centuries.
		Najibullah distributed the keys to trusted officials, all of whom pledged their lives to guard the secret of the Bactrian gold, even while the Najibullah government teetered on the edge of collapse.
		In disbelief, the men opened the safe and discovered not just the Bactrian gold, but also a number of other treasures, as well as the gold bars from the Afghan treasury.
	forum.chronwatch.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=36715 (961 words)

	A Happy Ending for Afghanistan's Gold - washingtonpost.com
		The Bactrian gold, as it is known, went on display this month at Paris' Guimet Museum.
		The group was known as the "key holders," because they held the keys to the basement vault on the grounds of the presidential palace where the gold and other museum treasures were hidden during troubled times, archaeologists and curators said.
		The key holders had not only saved the Bactrian gold, but many of the National Museum's most valuable treasures as well, protecting them from the rocket-fire, looting and Taliban rampages that destroyed 70 percent of art in Afghanistan.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/11/AR2006121100599_pf.html (768 words)

	Afghan Gold - Art - Report - New York Times
		Gold and turquoise hooks from the exhibition “Afghanistan, Recovered Treasures” at the Musée Guimet in Paris.
		The large number of gold pieces found in the tombs can be explained by the thousands of small slivers of appliqué ornaments which once covered the funeral gowns of the dead.
		The Bactrian gold, which blends Greek, Bactrian and nomadic traditions, vividly illustrates Afghanistan’s historic place at the crossroads of ancient civilizations, notably Greece to the west and India and China to the east.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/12/14/arts/design/14guim.html?ex=1323752400&en=c113c090a2aaef27&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (1294 words)

	Nation Protects Storied Bactrian Treasure - CAIS Archaeological & Cultural News of Iranian World©
		This news-article examines the storied Bactrian gold -- and why Afghans and the rest of the world must wait to see it.
		"Gold pieces constitute most of the treasure, and they doubtlessly have great value in shedding light on the history of land and its elegant arts.
		"The Bactrian treasure was found in Jowzjan Province in six graves that belong to the first century BCE and the first decade of the Common Era calendar," Massoudi says.
	www.cais-soas.com /News/2006/June2006/13-06.htm (803 words)

	World Gold Council > discover > Gold News > 'Bactrian gold' discovered in Pakistan
		Thousands of pieces of ancient treasure known as "Bactrian gold" have been discovered in an underground vault in Pakistan.
		First found in 1979, the intricately designed and flamboyant jewellery then disappeared after being temporarily kept in the Kabul museum, but the pieces were found preserved underneath the presidential palace.
		The discovery has been welcomed by archaeologists as it is key to studies of the Silk Road civilisation and because it represents the culture of the ancient Bactrian kingdom.
	www.gold.org /discover/news/article/510 (184 words)

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