Posted on 10/20/2009 4:40:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A National Geographic archaeologist will present a program in Traverse City Oct. 28. Fredrik Hiebert is curator of a national touring exhibition, "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum: Kabul." The 7 p.m. lecture is free with museum admission of $6 adults, $4 children and $20 for families. Hiebert has traced ancient trade routes overland and across the seas for more than 20 years. He has led excavations at ancient Silk Road sites from Egypt to Mongolia. His discoveries in Turkmenistan at a 4,000-year-old city along the Silk Road made headlines in 2001. His talk is in conjunction with the current exhibition at the Dennos Museum Center, "River of Gold." ...In 2004, Hiebert was part of a team taking an inventory of the National Museum of Afghanistan, including the "Bactrian Gold." The Bactrian Gold is a treasure that had been under Afghanistan for more than 2,000 years, until Soviet archaeologists exposed it shortly before the 1979 invasion. The treasure then when missing until it was "rediscovered" in 2003... Additionally, he is working on the development of new sonar technology to be used in detecting submerged settlements and shipwrecks in lakes and seas around the world.
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Archaeologist giving lecture at Denny’s
Fredrik Hiebert will be giving a Lecture on Ancient Grease (Greece).
The lecture on ancient Africa will be given at [no, no, I can’t say it].
I think I know what place you mean and ouch its a zinger!
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