Wednesday, 2nd January 2008 (1541 views)

An exhibition containing a selection of gold artefacts from Afghanistan's history is set to go on the road in the United States, according to the Washington Post.

Scheduled for a 17-month national tour, the exhibit will travel from Washington DC to New York, San Francisco and Houston. It is a joint presentation between the National Geographic Society and the National Gallery of Art.

Some artefacts in the display are more than 3,000 years old and include gold coins from the first and second centuries BC, as well as gold bowls decorated with both Mesopotamian and Afghan designs.

Many of the items were originally displayed in the National Museum in Kabul, which has undergone several attacks in recent years during the Afghan civil war, the rule of the Taliban and US-led raids on the country in 2001.

"We hope this exhibit will help overcome the darkness of Afghanistan's recent history and shed some light on its rich past, thousands of years old, as a crossroads of cultures and civilisations," explained Said Tayeb Jawad, ambassador of Afghanistan in Washington.

He added that the exhibit will also commend the courage of those who kept the treasures safe.

The exhibit, entitled Afghanistan's Lost Treasures, will open in Washington in May 2008.

 

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