Afghanistan show in Amsterdam > USA

[Richard Salomon]

I believe this show is going to be in the US (Washington DC and San 
Francisco) some time later this year or next year. I saw it in Paris, and it 
is indeed spectacular.

RS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Silk" <kauzeya at GMAIL.COM>
To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:52 AM
Subject: Afghanistan show in Amsterdam


> Probably this is already well known to those who have an interest, but in
> case it did not appear on your radar, and you have a chance to visit
> Amsterdam before 20.4.08, the spectacular show "Hidden Afghanistan" is 
> well
> worth a visit.
>
> This was apparently at Paris in the Guimet, subject of so much recent 
> talk,
> until April of last year. And based on the sponsor list, I'm guessing it
> either was or will be in Spain as well.
>
> Here's a description from the web site of the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam 
> which
> is hosting the show:
>
> Four archaeological sites play a key role. The oldest, Tepe Fullol, dates
> from the Bactrian Bronze Age (around 2000 BC). In the exhibition it is
> followed by a larger section dealing with Ai Khanum, a city that was 
> founded
> by Greeks in the wake of Alexander the Great's campaign of conquest and 
> that
> bears witness to Hellenism on the edge of the steppes (4th to 2nd 
> centuries
> BC). The famous gold treasure of Tillya-tepe is renowned: jewellery and
> other art objects from six graves from the 1st century AD which were
> excavated in 1979 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Russian archaeologist
> Sarianidi. They form a splendid mix of the art of the steppes, 
> Graeco-Roman
> iconography, Indian objects and Chinese mirrors. Finally, in Begram, also
> from the 1st century AD, in 1937 and 1939 two sealed chambers were 
> revealed
> containing elaborate Indian furniture in ivory, glass, vases and plaster
> emblemata of Hellenist origin.
>
> There is also a superb catalogue, available in your choice of languages 
> (one
> seems to be in Pashtun, although all I can really say is that it seems to 
> be
> in Arabic [Persian?] script...)
>
> Probably some colleague in Paris can provide more info. But anyway,
> especially in light of the recent fiasco with the Bangladeshi show, this 
> in
> contrast must be seen as an amazing success. See it if you can!
>
> J Silk
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> J. Silk
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> 2300 RA Leiden
> Netherlands
>