If you live in Sydney - this Exhibition is worth seeing (at the AGNSW)

fulltimestudent

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/afghanistan/

Afghanistan - hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

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A glimpse into Afghanistan’s ancient culture and those who risked all to protect it.

Feared lost forever, the artefacts in this exhibition were hidden by museum staff in Kabul, safe from bombs, looters and a Taliban decree to destroy all ‘idolatrous’ images.

Spanning 2200BCE to 200CE, these priceless treasures from important archaeological sites at the heart of the Silk Road have now been seen by over 1.7 million people in major museums worldwide, including the British Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Hear Afghan and Australian voices talking about the importance of keeping culture alive under sometimes very difficult circumstances in Journey of the treasures .

LoisLane looking for Superman

Wow Fulltime . I skimmed through it and must make time to see and hear all of the videos later.

Thank you so much for posting.

It was wonderful to view just a little bit of these treasures.

Were you able to see it all in person?

LoisLane

smiddy

I am impressed fts , I only flicked through the whole thing to get an overveiw , but I will certainly come back to it in my leisure , thank you for providing it .

smiddy

fulltimestudent

Lois:

Were you able to see it all in person?

Nope-Havn't been there at all yet. Its only been on for about 2 weeks, which more or less coincided with the start of semester, etc. Strangely, I heard about it, from a visiting Professor from Duke University. His talk to us one lunchtime was on the hellenisation (Greek influence) of Jerusalem and Judah. And, that hellenising process is an important part background in the study unit in which I've enrolled this semester. (The New Testament in its Times).

I spoke to him after his talk, and asked if he'd given much consideration to the hellenising process in Buddhism, on the eastern side of the Seleucid Empire? (Judah was, at the time, a part of the Seleucid empire also). He went on to tell me about this exhibition, and that's how I know. Actually, its been travelling around the world, and I have read something of the beauty of these objects already.

BTW, if you've not had time to explore the AGNSW's exhibition site fully, you can also see this youtube presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHx3k9NhIEM

and from there explore some other youtube videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9mBLNOr8rw

LoisLane looking for Superman

Thank you FullTime . i will take time later.

Take care.

Loislane

zebagain

I hope there is a small section giving the photos and some details of the Australians soldiers who were killed protecting Afghanistan in recent years.

88JM

Sorry I missed this one - I'm just back from Sydney last week.

There's also a brand new art exhibition at the Sydney Contemporary Art Gallery by Afghanistan/Australian artist Khadim Ali if that's your thing too.

ILoveTTATT

Hi, excuse my ignorance but what is te significance of these findings? Can someone explain them to me? thanks!!

88JM

I don't think the OP was trying to claim any biblical significance, but there is a few on here who perhaps due to their past as JWs and doing research, have a general interest in archeology and as you can imagine, artifacts coming out of Afghanistan are pretty rare at the moment.

Also it's nice to have some non-JW topics on the forum too to make it more interesting!

fulltimestudent

zebagain

I hope there is a small section giving the photos and some details of the Australians soldiers who were killed protecting Afghanistan in recent years.

Don't know! if there isn't - you could ask the British Museum (who seemed to have organised this travelling exhibition) why?

If you live in Sydney - this Exhibition is worth seeing (at the AGNSW)

Afghanistan - hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

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