Lost treasures of Afghanistan
Type
Label
Lost treasures of Afghanistan
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Lost treasures of Afghanistan
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
55
Summary
Explore the Bamiyan Valley with archaeologist Dr. Tarzi as he digs for a long-forgotten monastery that houses the 1,000 foot Buddha in his ultimate quest to honor the Bamiyan people and their history. Also join Russian archaeologist Victor Sarianidi as he unveils and confirms whether gold treasures found underneath the Presidential palace were indeed the Bactrian Hoard treasure he helped discover and catalog two decades ago. And finally, listen to the different stories of brave Afghani artists and archivists as they recount how they went about protecting and preserving works of art and film archives from certain destruction by the Taliban
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Afghanistan
Contributor
Subject
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor1
- Genre1
- Subject5
- Content1