Ai-Khanoum (/aɪ ˈhɑːnjuːm/, meaning Lady Moon; Uzbek Latin: Oyxonim) is the archaeological site of a Hellenistic city in Takhar Province, Afghanistan...
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The Ai-Khanoum plaque is an ancient Greco-Bactrian disk discovered at the archaeological site of Ai-Khanoum in Takhar Province, Afghanistan. This Hellenistic...
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Antiochus I Soter (section Ai-Khanoum)
Antiochus II Theos. Recent analysis strongly suggests that the city of Ai-Khanoum, located in Takhar Province, northern Afghanistan, at the confluence of...
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chlamys. Ai Khanoum, 2nd century BC. Gargoyle in the form of a Greek comic mask. Ai Khanoum, 2nd century BC. Plate depicting Cybele pulled by lions. Ai Khanoum...
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Gholam Serwar Nasher (section Discovery of Ai-Khanoum)
discovered ancient artefacts of Ai Khanom and invited Princeton-archaeologist Daniel Schlumberger with his team to examine Ai-Khanoum. It was soon found to be...
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heritage and artistic proficiency as seen with the remains of the city of Ai-Khanoum, which was founded as a Greco-Bactrian city. In modern-day Pakistan, several...
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Destruction of art in Afghanistan (section Ai Khanoum)
provided by the discoveries made at Ai Khanoum, and as some claim, demonstrated how the Greek artists of Ai Khanoum not only had an affinity for the Greek...
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colonies in neighbouring Bactria, such as Alexandria on the Oxus (modern Ai-Khanoum) and Alexandria of the Caucasus (medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram). After...
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eastern cultures, and is thought to have traveled to the Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum (Alexandria on the Oxus) in modern Afghanistan. Clearchus wrote extensively...
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Herakles statuette. Ai-Khanoum. 2nd century BC. Bracelet with horned female busts. Ai-Khanoum, 2nd century BC. Stone recipients from Ai-Khanoum. 3rd-2nd century...
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