The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex is the modern archaeological designation for a particular Middle Bronze Age civilisation of southern Central Asia in regions around the Caspian Sea and Aral
Seated female MET DT867
Bird-headed man with snakes; 2000–1500 BC; bronze; 7.30 cm; from Northern Afghanistan; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA)
Female figurine of the "Bactrian princess" type; between 3rd millennium and 2nd millennium BC; chlorite mineral group (dress and headdresses) and limestone (face and neck); height: 17.3 cm, width: 16.1 cm; Louvre
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Bactria, or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian civilization in Central Asia, located in the area south of the Oxus River and north of the Hindu Kush mountains, within modern-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
…questioned the geographic adequacy of these terms. While the traditional labels emphasise the concentration of major urban sites in Margiana and northern Bactria, new archaeological surveys and excavations show that the cultural core of this Bronze Age complex was considerably broader. Significant sites have…
Xerxes I tomb, Bactrian soldier c. 470 BC.
Pre-Seleucid Athenian owl imitation from Bactria, possibly from the time of Sophytes.
Gold stater of the Greco-Bactrian king Eucratides
The treasure of the royal burial Tillia tepe is attributed to 1st century BC Sakas in Bactria.