Looted, recovered, returned : antiquities from Afghanistan : a detailed scientific and conservation record of a group of ivory and bone furniture overlays excavated at Begram, stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan, privately acquired on behalf of Kabul, analysed and conserved at the British Museum and returned to the National Museum of Afghanistan in 2012 /

The 'Begram ivories' are widely considered to be miniature masterpieces of Indian art and are one of the largest archaeological collections of ancient ivories. They were excavated at the site of Begram, in northern Afghanistan, in 1937 and 1939 and belong to a period when Afghanistan, Paki...

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Cote:	Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal:	Ambers, J. (Auteur)
Format:	Électronique eBook
Langue:	Inglés
Publié:	Oxford : Archaeopress, [2014]
Collection:	Archaeopress archaeology.
Sujets:	Ivory carving > Afghanistan. Bone carving > Afghanistan. Ivoirerie > Afghānistān. Sculpture sur os > Afghānistān. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology. Antiquities Bone carving Ivory carving Afghanistan > Antiquities. Kapisa (Extinct city) Afghānistān > Antiquités. Begrām (Afghānistān) Afghanistan Afghanistan > Kapisa (Extinct city)
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