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» Afghanistan 1969-1974
   A collection of photographs by Dr. Volker Thewalt of Kabul Museum exhibits, Bamiyan, and other important sites in Afghanistan.
   http://www.thewalt.de/afghanistan/index_e.html

» BBC - Afghan Gold Stash Found Intact
   Report on a legendary store of 2,000-year old Afghan treasure, including gold and ancient manuscripts, found intact.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3193091.stm

» BBC - Afghans Display Ancient Stone
   An article reporting the acquisition of the 2000 year old Kushan Rabotak Stone. Includes statements of tolerance for archaeological remains by the Taliban.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/883209.stm

» BBC - Experts Defer Buddhas' Rebuilding
   Conservation experts meeting in Kabul to rescue Afghan cultural heritage decide Kabul Museum should be restored before the giant statues.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2015189.stm

» Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan in The Schøyen Collection
   Information on the debate of ownership of Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan presently held in the private Schøyen Collection in Norway.
   http://folk.uio.no/atleom/manuscripts.htm

» Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan's Buddhas Still Under Threat
   Investigates a case of possible corruption in the arrest and immediate release of several thieves intent on stealing archaeological relics.
   http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0608/p06s03-wosc.html

» India Express - Inscription Throws New Light to Hindu Rule in Afghanistan
   Article on a stone inscription in Sanskrit found in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan which gives insight into the reign of the Hindu Shahi ruler `Veka' in the 10th Century.
   http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/20010105/iin05014.html

» Indian Express - Dusty Mounds Unravel Clues to Vanished Afghan Past
   Describes how beneath a series of mounds lie clues to a civilization that flourished long before Islam entered Afghanistan.
   http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/full_story.php?content_id=6462

» Japan Times - Team to Excavate Afghan Buddhist Ruins
   Japanese archaeologists plan to excavate a site in central Afghanistan that may have been an important center of Buddhism.
   http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20031003b5.htm

» Museum Under Siege
   An article by the Archaeological Institute of America detailing the ongoing efforts to rescue the collections of Afghanistan's National Museum.
   http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/afghan/

» The Guardian - 'Miracle' of 2nd Century Bowl Saved From Taliban
   Museum curators risk their lives to protect a 2nd century AD stone wine bowl carved with Bacchanalian scenes of naked women and satyrs dancing and feasting.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/may/03/afghanistan.humanities

» The Impact of War upon Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage
   Paper presented at the AIA conference by Afghanistan's National Institute of Archaeology on the impact of war upon Afghanistan's cultural heritage.
   http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/papers/AIA_Afghanistan_address_lowres.pdf