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Priceless Artifacts From The Bactrian Hoard Are Missing - Where Are They?
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Priceless Artifacts From The Bactrian Hoard Are Missing – Where Are They?

· 3 April 2022 · Comments off

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – One of the most magnificent and valuable ancient treasures of its time is the Bactrian Hoard. Discovered in the graves belonging to six wealthy Asian nomads, five women, and one man, the 2,000-year-old Bactrian treasure consists of more than 20,000 objects, including golden rings, coins, weapons, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, weapons, […]

The archaeologists and paleoanthropologists dug up over 600 skeletal remains buried in more than 108 graves. Interesting is that after death, these people were buried in many different positions(!) Some were found lying on one-side, some were buried prostrate meanwhile the others maintained the supine position.
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Prehistoric Legacy Of The Mysterious Burnt City

· 22 January 2021 · Comments off

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com –  Millennia ago, the Burnt City (Shahr-e Soukhteh) located in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan and bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, was the largest city of Iran. The history of the Burnt City, spanning over a 300,000-hectare area and its inhabitants has long baffled researchers. Recently, archaeologists discovered an ancient grave of […]