Tillya Tepe
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Tillya tepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa is an archaeological site in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan near Sheberghan, excavated in 1978 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi. The hoard found there is often known as the Bactrian gold.
Crown from Tomb VI (female owner)
Reconstitution of two members of the Tillya Tepe burial, with corresponding artifacts: man (r. tomb IV) and woman (l. tomb II).
The Tillya Tepe Buddhist coin, with a naked deity wearing chlamys cape and petasus hat pushing the Wheel of the Law. Kabul Museum. This is "most probably Buddha Sakyamuni in a yet non-canonical representation".
Hellenistic tritons with dolphins (Tomb I.).
Sheberghan
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Sheberghān or Shaburghān, also spelled Shebirghan and Shibarghan, is the capital city of the Jowzjan Province in northern Afghanistan.
Sheberghan palace in 1976