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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
May 25 through September 7, 2008

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	File name: 273-001.jpg Goblet with geometric designs (Tepe Fullol), 2200-1900 BC gold National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-003.jpg Fragment of a bowl depicting bearded bulls (Tepe Fullol), 2200-1900 BC gold National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-004.jpg Corinthian Capital (Balkh), 3rd-2nd century BC limestone National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-035.jpg Male or female head (Aï Khanum, Temple with niches, Courtyard), 2nd century BC unfired clay National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-013.jpg Handle of a bowl with busts of Dionysiac maenads (Aï Khanum, Temple with niches, Courtyard), c. 145 BC bronze National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-014.jpg Statuette of Herakles (Aï Khanum, Temple with niches, Sanctuary), 150 BC bronze National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-012.jpg Ceremonial plaque depicting Cybèle (Aï Khanum, Temple with niches), beginning of the 3rd century BC gilded silver National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-036.jpg Corinthian capital (Aï Khanum), before 145 BC limestone National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-022.jpg Antefix (roof ornament) in the form of paired wings (Aï Khanum, Palace, Main entrance), 3rd century BC terracotta National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-021.jpg Portrait, probably of the Gymnasiarch Strato (Aï Khanum, Gymnasium), 1st half of the 2nd century BC limestone National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-019.jpg Gargoyle (Aï Khanum, Fountain of the Oxus), 2nd century BC limestone National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-052.jpg Appliqués in the form of paired droplets (Tillya Tepe, Tomb I), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold, turquoise, and pyrite National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-057.jpg Ring depicting Athena (Tillya Tepe, Tomb II), 1st century BC-1st century AD yellow and white gold National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-059.jpg Pair of bracelets in the form of antelopes (Tillya Tepe, Tomb II), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold, turquoise, and carnelian National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-062.jpg Pair of pendants depicting the "Dragon Master" (Tillya Tepe, Tomb II), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold, turquoise, garnet, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and pearl National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-062detail.jpg Pair of pendants depicting the "Dragon Master" (Tillya Tepe, Tomb II), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold, turquoise, garnet, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and pearl National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-081.jpg Pair of clasps depicting warriors (Tillya Tepe, Tomb III), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-060.jpg Pair of clasps depicting Cupids on dolphins (Tillya Tepe, Tomb III), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold, turquoise, and mother-of-pearl National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-098.jpg Necklace (Tillya Tepe, Tomb III), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-108.jpg Boot buckles depicting a chariot drawn by dragons (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold, turquoise, and carnelian National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-108detail.jpg Boot buckles depicting a chariot drawn by dragons (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold, turquoise, and carnelian National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-109.jpg Belt with medallions depicting a Dionysiac figure riding a panther (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-110.jpg Headdress ornament in the form of a ram (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-116.jpg Cover of a sheath for a dagger (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-115.jpg Dagger with hilt depicting animals and a dancing bear (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD iron, gold, and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-115back.jpg Dagger with hilt depicting animals and a dancing bear (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD iron, gold, and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-115detail.jpg Dagger with hilt depicting animals and a dancing bear (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD iron, gold, and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-122.jpg Drinking bowl (Tillya Tepe, Tomb IV), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-132.jpg Pair of heart-shaped earrings (Tillya Tepe, Tomb V), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-130.jpg Ornament for the neck of a robe (Tillya Tepe, Tomb V), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold, turquoise, garnet, and pyrite National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-131.jpg Intaglio depicting a griffin (Tillya Tepe, Tomb V), 4th century BC chalcedony National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-135.jpg Crown (Tillya Tepe, Tomb VI), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold and imitation turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-137.jpg Appliqué known as the "Aphrodite of Bactria" (Tillya Tepe, Tomb VI), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-136.jpg Pair of clasps depicting Dionysos and Ariadne (Tillya Tepe, Tomb VI), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-141.jpg Pair of bracelets terminating in lion heads (Tillya Tepe, Tomb VI), 1st entury BC-1st century AD gold and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-143.jpg Two hair ornaments in the form of flowers (Tillya Tepe, Tomb VI), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold and silver National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-144.jpg Necklace (Tillya Tepe, Tomb VI), 1st century BC-1st century AD gold and turquoise National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-148.jpg Statuette of a woman standing on a makara, possibly a furniture ornament (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-149.jpg Statuette of a woman standing on a makara, possibly a furniture ornament (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-150.jpg Statuette of a woman standing on a makara, possibly a furniture ornament (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-224.jpg Furniture ornament in the form of a zebu ox (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-168.jpg Goblet with openwork trellis design (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD glass National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-173.jpg Goblet depicting figures harvesting dates (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD glass and paint National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-173a.jpg Goblet depicting figures harvesting dates (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD glass and paint National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-173b.jpg Goblet depicting figures harvesting dates (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD glass and paint National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-175.jpg Fish-shaped flask (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD glass National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-206.jpg Aquarium (Begram, Room 10), 1st-2nd centuries AD bronze National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-151.jpg Medallion depicting a young man (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD plaster National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-153.jpg Medallion depicting a helmeted youth (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD plaster National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-222.jpg Medallion depicting Eros and Psyche (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD plaster National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-155.jpg Plaque depicting a musician and dancer (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-157.jpg Plaque depicting a narrative scene (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory and paint National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-157detail.jpg Plaque depicting a narrative scene (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory and paint National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-159.jpg Plaque depicting a narrative scene (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory and paint National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-178.jpg Plaque depicting women standing under gateways (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-179.jpg Plaque depicting women standing under gateways (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-181.jpg Plaque depicting women standing under gateways (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-186.jpg Plaque depicting a scene from the women's quarters (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-187.jpg Plaque depicting a scene from the women's quarters (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-219.jpg Plaque depicting women under a gateway (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-221.jpg Bracket in the form of a leogryph (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ivory National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-161.jpg Scale weight depicting Mercury (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD bronze National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-209.jpg Mask of Silenus (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD bronze National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-214.jpg Statuette of Harpocrates (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD bronze National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-215.jpg Scale weight (?) in the form of a rooster with human head (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD bronze National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-160.jpg Statuette of a horseman (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD bronze National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image
	File name: 273-204.jpg Jug in the form of a kinnari (Begram, Room 13), 1st-2nd centuries AD ceramic National Museum of Afghanistan ©Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet Order this image

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