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Afghanistan’s Hidden Treasures
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5-30-2008 11:42 AM
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5-30-2008
5:04 PM
arifsali
Thousands of years of geographic history but their claim to fame in contemporary times is the word Taleban. Amazing eh?
5-30-2008
9:31 PM
tanyamm
Beautiful treasures.
5-31-2008
3:23 PM
arifsali
National Geographic feature on Afghan Treasure
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/33db7861-96e4-4a80-9499-75cac74b1927/EA8F9BBC-F3E1-4796-BC2A-AB0602D3EB4F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_index.html" href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/E5FE5ABB-B22B-41E2-8C05-C711DE80C0F4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_index.html">A plaque from Begram, Afghanistan. (1st or 2nd century A.D.)</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_2.html" href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_2.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/10F59ADA-C2DF-4A19-BCA9-1FB5C52BD5B8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_2.html">An ivory statue from Begram. (1st or 2nd century A.D.)</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_3.html" href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_3.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_3.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/6C8C8A84-E22B-4B8F-9953-77B2848D0D89" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_3.html">A goblet depicting figures harvesting dates, from Begram.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_4.html" href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_4.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_4.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/9E103DEC-5EB7-4AED-BC04-8A78888829FB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/23/arts/0523-AFGHAN_4.html">The first group consists of three rare Bronze Age gold bowls, one intact and fragments of two others. 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