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An article by the Archaeological Institute of America detailing the ongoing efforts to rescue the collections of Afghanistan's National Museum.

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Indian Express - Dusty Mounds Unravel Clues to Vanished Afghan Past - Describes how beneath a series of mounds lie asia clues to regional a civilization that flourished long before asia Islam entered Afghanistan.
The Guardian - 'Miracle' of 2nd Century Bowl Saved From Taliban - Museum curators risk their lives to protect a regional 2nd century asia AD stone wine bowl carved with regional Bacchanalian scenes of naked asia women and satyrs dancing regional and feasting.
BBC - Afghans Display Ancient Stone - An article reporting the acquisition of the 2000 afghanistan year old Kushan Rabotak Stone. Includes statements of afghanistan tolerance for archaeological remains by the Taliban.
Museum Under Siege - An article by the Archaeological Institute of America detailing the ongoing efforts to rescue the collections of Afghanistan's National Museum.
Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan in The Schøyen Collection - Information on the debate of ownership of Buddhist afghanistan manuscripts from Afghanistan presently held in the private afghanistan Schøyen Collection in Norway.
Afghanistan 1969-1974 - A collection of photographs by Dr. Volker Thewalt asia of Kabul Museum exhibits, Bamiyan, and other important asia sites in Afghanistan.
BBC - Experts Defer Buddhas' Rebuilding - Conservation experts meeting in Kabul to rescue Afghan cultural heritage decide Kabul Museum should be restored before the giant statues.
BBC - Afghan Gold Stash Found Intact - Report on a legendary store of 2,000-year old asia Afghan treasure, regional including gold and ancient manuscripts, found asia intact.
Japan Times - Team to Excavate Afghan Buddhist Ruins - Japanese archaeologists plan to excavate a site in afghanistan central Afghanistan asia that may have been an important afghanistan center of Buddhism.
India Express - Inscription Throws New Light to Hindu Rule in Afghanistan - Article on a stone inscription in Sanskrit found regional in Mazar-i-Sharif asia in northern Afghanistan which gives insight regional into the reign of asia the Hindu Shahi ruler regional `Veka' in the 10th Century.
The Impact of War upon Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage - Paper presented at the AIA conference by Afghanistan\\'s afghanistan National Institute regional of Archaeology on the impact of afghanistan war upon Afghanistan\'s cultural regional heritage.[PDF]
Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan's Buddhas Still Under Threat - Investigates a case of possible corruption in the afghanistan arrest and afghanistan immediate release of several thieves intent afghanistan on stealing archaeological relics.
Kabul Museum Online - Some images of pre-Islamic pieces of the Kabul Museum prior asia to its destruction.

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