Afghanistan
There are 53 items in Afghanistan:
Alexander and Prometheus
Alexander and Prometheus: an episode from the reign of Alexander the Great, who saw what he believed to be the cave of Prometheus in the Hindu Kush Mountains. …Alexandria in Arachosia (Kandahar)
Alexandria in Arachosia: town founded by Alexander the Great, modern Kandahar. Remains of Alexandria Alexandria in Arachosia was founded in the last…Alexandria in Aria (Herat)
Alexandria in Aria: town founded by Alexander the Great, modern Herat in Afghanistan. Alexander the Great. Portrait from Delos Alexandria in Aria…Alexandria in the Caucasus (Begram)
Alexandria in the Caucasus: town founded by Alexander the Great, near Begram, north of Kabul in Afghanistan. Alexander on horseback In the…Anahita
Anahita, also known as Anaitis (Greek: Ἀναῖτις) and Anahit (Armenian): Iranian water goddess. Anahita with ring and jar (Taq-e Bostan) Anahita was…Arachosia
Arachosia (Old-Persian: Harauvatiš, "well watered"): satrapy of the Achaemenid empire (Kandahâr in modern Afghanistan) along the Tarnak river. The country is part of the road from the west of Iran across the mountains to the Indus valley. …Bactria
Bactria (Old Persian: Bâkhtriš): country in northern Afghanistan, in Antiquity famous for its fierce warriors and its ancient religion, which was founded by the prophet Zarathustra.Prehistory …
Bactrian coin |
Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm |
Balkh, Corinthian capital |
Begram, Alexander on horseback |
Begram, Aphrodite with the Apple of Discord |