CHESHM-E-SHAFA, Afghanistan -- -- CHESHM-E-SHAFA, Afghanistan -- Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition rounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan where French ...

The history of Afghanistan is told in the blood of its native groups and the many empires — from Greek to Mongol, from British to Soviet — that have sought to rule them since the Bronze Age. It’s a ...

pt. 1. Introduction. -- The land -- The people -- pt. 2. The historical background. -- Prehistory and Bronze Age civilisations -- Iron Age and the Iranians -- Alexander and the establishment of Greek ...

Accompanies exhibition at the British Museum, Mar. 3-July 3, 2011; text previously issued as: Afghanistan: hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul. National Geographic Society, c2008. The ...

CHESHM-E-SHAFA, Afghani-stan — Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan, where French archaeologists believe they have found a ...