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Notes from Afghanistan, Day One
C. Brian Rose, former President of the Archaeological Institute of America, shares his observations about Afghanistan during his current trip: As many of you will remember, two years ago I had the good...
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Notes from Afghanistan, Day Two: A Tour of Ghazni
Early this morning we boarded a military helicopter and flew to Ghazni, nearly 150 km to the southwest of Kabul. The flight took us over the Hindu Kush mountains, which had been crossed by Alexander...
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Notes from Afghanistan, Day Three: Ancient Monuments of Ghazni
Today was devoted exclusively to a tour of the ancient monuments of Ghazni, which stretch from perhaps as early as the Achaemenid or Persian period to the Timurid period in the early 16th century. This...
View ArticleNotes from Afghanistan, Day Four: Equal Education for Boys and Girls
Thursday’s events fell into three groups. In the morning we attended the opening of a girls’ school in Ghazni that had been funded by the U.S. Embassy and implemented by the Ghazni Provincial...
View ArticleNotes from Afghanistan: The Burning of the Koran
I’ve just returned from Afghanistan but I wanted to write one final blog regarding the burning of the Koran by the Florida minister last month. As many of you know, that act resulted in a number of...
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Mosaic Fragment [Object of the Day #124]
Mosaic Fragment Although this mosaic now stands as a wall within the Roman gallery, it originally formed part of a large house floor in one of the ancient Roman cities in Tunisia, probably Utica. The...
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