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Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2023 The cities of Taxila in Pakistan, and Ai Khanoum in Afghanistan, are emblematic of the post-Alexandrian and post-Mauryan political landscapes of the broader South and Central Asian regions. While both have been thoroughly excavated, there has been little
Christos Nikolaou
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A Partial Decipherment of the Unknown Kushan Script*
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 2, Page 293-329, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Several dozen inscriptions in an unknown writing system have been discovered in an area stretching geographically from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to southern Afghanistan. Most inscriptions can be dated to the period from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, yet all attempts at decipherment have so far been unsuccessful.
Svenja Bonmann +3 more
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Hoards from Hellenistic to Kushan Central Asia: Towards Some Interpretations [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2023 This article is concerned with the interpretation of diverse examples of hoards (intentional deposits of valuable objects) from Central Asia’s Hellenistic and Kushan periods that are traditionally understood in utilitarian terms. As a means of comparison,
Lauren Morris
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Western, Eastern, both, or neither? Translocalism as alternative approach to syncretism and hybridity in Hellenistic Bactria [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2023 Ideas of Hellenistic Central Asia as a cultural melting pot, resulting from the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures after Alexander the Great, continue to have considerable scholarly and popular appeal.
Milinda Hoo
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Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2019 Afganistan’nın kuzeydoğusunda yer alan Ai Khanoum kentinin erken tarihi hakkındaki bilgiler oldukça sınırlıdır. Büyük İskender’in Pers İmparatorluğu hâkimiyetine son vermesiyle doğunun kapıları Greklere açıldı.
Özlem Albayrak
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Deconstructing the ‘Greekness’ of Bactrian pottery. On the Greek‑Mediterranean influences on the local pottery production in Bactria during the Hellenistic period [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 It is often assumed that the Hellenistic pottery production in Bactria was highly influenced by Mediterranean ceramic shapes, a process, which was mainly caused by the settling of Greek immigrants.
Kristina Junker
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Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’Iran
Pallas, 2012 Some Greeks lived in Iran and Central Asia prior to the Hellenistic era, whether they had been deported there or whether they had settled down in the major Achemenid metropolises.
Laurianne Martinez-Sève
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Heródoto, 2019 This paper deals with the historiographical representation of Hellenistic Bactria in Barthold Niebuhr’s Lectures on Ancient History, based on lectures given at Bonn University in the 1820’s and published in German and English in the 1850’s.
Fábio Augusto Morales +1 more
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Heródoto, 2019 O presente artigo trata das representações historiográficas da Báctria helenística nas Lições de História Antiga de Barthold Niebuhr, ministradas na Universidade de Bonn na década de 1820 e publicadas em alemão e inglês na década de 1850.
Fábio Augusto Morales +1 more
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De la théorie à la pratique, les travaux de Jean-Claude Gardin en Asie centrale
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2016 The article presents a personal working experience with Jean-Claude Gardin in Afghanistan. It first deals when he was implementing his theories on the codification of potery using the ceramic material from Aï Khanoum, and then, when, heading a survey in ...
Bertille Lyonnet
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