- the east and west. However, the
works of art
found in Bagram, such as the
Begram ivories, are
either quite purely ****enistic, Roman,
Chinese or Indian,...
- The
Begram ivories are a
group of over a
thousand decorative plaques,
small figures and inlays,
carved from
ivory and bone, and
formerly attached to wooden...
- The
Treasure of
Begram or
Begram ****d is a
group of
artifacts from the 1st-2nd
century CE
discovered in the area of
Begram, Afghanistan. The
French Archaeological...
- occupied. In 262 CE,
Shapur attacked the
Kushans destroying the
cities of
Begram and Taxila.
Shapur had
intensive development plans. He
ordered the construction...
-
returned by the
United Kingdom in 2012,
including the
famous 1st
Century Begram ivories. The
Afghan National Museum was
opened in 1919
during the reign...
- from
Begram.
Aphrodite sculpture from
Begram, c. 1st
century AD, Plaster,
National Museum of Afghanistan.
Bronze statuette of
Harpocrates from
Begram, 1-2nd...
- ****stan. He
found the
ancient city of
Alexandria in the
Caucasus (modern
Begram)
dating to
Alexander the Great. He
unlocked the now-extinct
script known...
- and
other objects go well back into antiquity, as in the
Nimrud ivories,
Begram ivories and
finds from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Portrait sculpture began...
-
Pataliputra also
served as the
capital of the Pala
Empire for a
brief period.
Begram and Mathura:
Summer and
winter capitals respectively of the
Kushan Empire...
- Greco-Roman world, China, and India, such as in the
archeological site of
Begram. The Silk Road
trade did not sell only textiles, jewels,
metal and cosmetic...
