Afghanistan
There are 53 items in Afghanistan:
Begram, Portrait of a man |
Begram, Statuette of Harpocrates |
Cophen (Kabul)
Cophen: river in eastern Afghanistan and the western Punjab, the modern Kabul The Kabul river near Peshawar The source of the river…Curtius Rufus on the Bactrian desert
In the Spring of 329, Alexander crossed the large desert between the city Bactra (Balkh, near modern Mazâr-e Sharîf) and the river Oxus in pursuit of the Persian leader Bessus. The best description of the death march is that of…Curtius Rufus on the Hindu Kush
Quintus Curtius Rufus (†53 CE): Roman senator, author of an important History of Alexander the Great.In the Spring of 329, Alexander crossed the Hindu Kush from Gandara to Bactria in order to pursue the Persian leader Bessus. The best description…
Demetrius I of Bactria |
Demetrius I of Bactria |
Diodotus I of Bactria, coin |
Drangiana
Drangiana (Old Persian Zranka, "waterland"): satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid Empire (Sistan in modern Iran). The country is a dusty and often stormy desert with sandy dunes, but there are fertile plains along the river Etymandrus, modern Helmand Rûd. …Euas (Kunar)
Euas: river in eastern Afghanistan, modern Kunar. Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane The river Kunar in eastern Afghanistan, which is…
Eucratides I of Bactria |
Eucratides I of Bactria |