Posted on 08/17/2008 1:59:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition rounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan where French archeologists believe they have found a vast ancient city.
For years, villagers have dug the baked earth on the heights of Cheshme-Shafa for pottery and coins to sell to antique smugglers.
(Excerpt) Read more at thewhig.com ...
Digging In The Desert (Turkmenistan)
Leader-Post /Canwest News | 5-24-2008 | Owen Murray
Posted on 05/24/2008 1:47:19 PM PDT by blam
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Afghan farmers find alternative to opium: marijuana [Balkh]
Reuters via Yahoo! | 09/27/07 | Jon Hemming
Posted on 09/27/2007 5:12:05 AM PDT by Abathar
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Tamerlane (1336 - 1405) - The Last Great Nomad Power
The Silkroad Foundation | undated | Silkroad Foundation
Posted on 05/28/2006 7:49:55 AM PDT by Hacksaw
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Chronological History of Afghanistan
Afghanistan Online | 04/2001 | Unknown
Posted on 11/10/2001 9:08:09 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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Maybe it’s only a half-vast community...?
The treasure, currently on exhibition in the United States, demonstrates the rich culture that once thrived here
... before Islam, that is. Hard to imagine, but Afghanistan was once a peaceful, thriving Buddhist kingdom. Now there's nothing but dust, dung, and flies.
Balkh was where Genghiz Khan’s favorite grandson was killed in battle.
Balkh was called “the Mother of Cities” by the Moslems; Michael Wood used aerial footage of the site when he made his “In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great”.
I was just going to say that they better keep this a secret or the Talies will blow it up.
Apparently the locals view the site as a means of income. :’) But that’s different, luckily.
I hope they find written material.
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