Description |
303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
Note |
Catalog 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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-297). |
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. |
Subject |
Art, Afghan -- Exhibitions.
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Afghanistan -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Mūzih-ʼi Kābul -- Exhibitions.
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Added Author |
Hiebert, Fredrik T. (Fredrik Talmage)
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Cambon, Pierre.
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Mūzih-ʼi Kābul.
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National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
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ISBN |
9781426202957 paperback |
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1426202954 paperback |
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