"A NATION CAN STAY ALIVE WHEN IT'S CULTURE AND HISTORY STAY ALIVE"

By: Hosai Barakzay Professor : Herman Sulton

GOLDEN CROWN 1ST CENTURY

OVERVIEW :

Introduction of the object

What the object tells us about International

Relations

What the object tell us about the time it was made

Why I chose this object

INTRODUCTION OF THE OBJECT :

• Discovered by a Soviet

Afghan archaeologists team.

• Northern side of Jauzjan

province in Tillaya Tepa or

golden hill of Afghanistan in

1978.

• Belong to a Bactrian

nomadic chieftain.

• wore by a princess.

HISTORY OF THE SURVIVING OF THE OBJECT

After the invasion of the Soviet Union1979, the

Taliban regime, and the Afghan civil war, the golden

crown along with other objects were hidden and

locked safely under the Presidential Palace until

2004.

Golden Crown along with other objects revolved a

culture Eclectic, and Hellenized.

Representing a mixture of Indian, Central Asian,

Mediterranean, China, Iranian and Hellenistic styles.

TILLAYA TEPA (1ST CENTURY)

WHAT IT TELL US ABOUT INTERNATIONAL RELATION

• Ancient Afghanistan`s trade links and relation with outside and

ancient world.

•Silk road importance for Afghanistan , and regions.

• Exchanged cultures, languages, religions, and ideas

• The objects also tell us about the civilizations existed in both

side of Amu River (Oxus), Genghis Khan and Alexander the

Great.

WHAT WAS GOING ON IN 1ST CENTURY? • Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan.

• North side of Afghanistan was conquered by,

Aryan later on by Darius the Great, Persian,

Alexander the Great and followed by Greco-Bactrian

Kingdom.

• Spread of Buddhism in east Asia.

• Rise of Christianity and great migrations.

• Rise of Byzantine Empire in the east.

• Trade among different regions through silk road.

WHY I CHOSE THIS OBJECT ?

• Its beautiful and it’s unique in the term of works art.• It tells us about the rich culture of Afghanistan and regions.•Stories behind of the surviving of the objects are from one side interesting and from other side painful.• Tell us about Afghanistan international relations. • Tell us about the Soviet Union invasion, the Taliban regime, and the Afghan Civil war.

RESOURCES:

“ Afghanistan Significant Site 207 Tillya Tepe.” Afghanistan

Significant Site . Mar.2010 .Web. Mar.2015.

“Tillya Tepe The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” The Metropolitan

Museum of Art. Sep ,2009 .Web. Mar.2015.

“The golden haul of Afghanistan: Priceless 2,000 year old collapsible

crown to go on display in Britain for first time.” Associated

Newspapers. Mail Online. Nov,2010.Web. Mar,2015.

Sarianidi,Viktor. and Olga Soffer. “ The Treasure of the Golden

Mound .”Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 33, No. 3

(May/June 1980), pp. 31-41. jstor.org. Mar.2015.

Thank you!Questions ?