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Ancient Jewish manuscripts found in Afghanistan cave

January 7th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

A collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts found in caves in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan are the first evidence that

February 1st, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

This week Germany returned some ancient artifacts that were looted from Afghanistan’s National Museum during their civil war. “This is

January 25th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

More than 200 Jewish medieval Jewish manuscripts have been discovered along the Silk Road in Afghanistan and are up for

November 18th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Time Magazine has posted an interesting article examining the debate in Afghanistan between harvesting the country’s resources and protecting it’s

July 13th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists in Afghanistan are scrambling to collect artifacts from 5th century Buddhist monasteries before miners destroy them to dig for

June 14th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A mining operation in Afghanistan is threatening to destroy a 1,400-year-old Buddhist monastery. The monks settled here because there was

April 8th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A thousand workers are rushing to recover as many Buddhist artifacts as they can from the sites of ancient monasteries

March 2nd, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Wired UK has posted an interesting article about the amazing effort to reconstruct Afghanistan’s bombed 1,500-year-old Buddhas in Bamiyan. Erwin