In the summer of 2003, Afghanistan announced the discovery of several museum boxes in the presidential bank vault in Kabul. Inside these boxes were priceless artifacts rescued after being hidden 14 years earlier by National Museum workers during the chaos of civil war.
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"Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From the National Museum" arrives in the United States in May 2008 for a 15-month stay, beginning at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Check the schedule for future dates and an exhibition location near you.
See the Schedule ►This exhibition is organized by the National Geographic Society and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in association with the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This exhibition is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Read about the life of the young Afghan refugee with the haunting eyes.
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Amid war, an American journalist and her translator forge a friendship.
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Ancient trade routes gave Afghanistan its ethnic and cultural diversity.
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Afghan oil-based cave paintings predate Europe's by a hundred years.
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A global debate is raging over who owns history's ancient artifacts.
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Buy the companion book.
See the stories of heroism and bravery that saved ancient treasures in war-torn Afghanistan.
Follow a harrowing journey into war-torn Afghanistan and the lives of its people struggling against the Taliban.
This dual-sided map shows the borders, history, landscape, and peoples of Afghanistan.
