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Aruz, Joan and Elisabetta Valtz Fino: Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road. New York: 2012. 160 pages, 138 colour illustrations. Wrappers. A meeting point of the Silk Road trading routes, Afghanistan became a bustling artistic centre for coins, ivories, gold jewellery and new stone and terracotta architecture. This illustrated publication collates essays presented at a recent symposium at the Metropolitan Museum looking at these pieces, as well as links with China, Rome, Iran and India and relations between nomadic and sedentary populations.
A meeting point of the Silk Road trading routes, Afghanistan became a bustling artistic centre for coins, ivories, gold jewellery and new stone and terracotta architecture. This illustrated publication collates essays presented at a recent symposium at the Metropolitan Museum looking at these pieces, as well as links with China, Rome, Iran and India and relations between nomadic and sedentary populations. Text in English
Ball, Warwick: The Monuments of Afghanistan: History, Archaeology and Architecture. 2008. 298 pages, illustrated in colour. Hardback.
Guillaume, Olivier ed.: Graeco-Bactrian and Indian Coins from Afghanistan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 199 pages of text, 14 black and white plates. Hardback.
Parsons, Richard D.: The Carpets of Afghanistan. Suffolk: 2016. 224 pages; 154 colour and 90 Black & white illustrations. Hardback. 30 x 23.7cms. The book displays a wide variety of Afghan rugs, from sumptuous piled purdahs to flat woven prayer rugs, all of them well illustrated.
The book displays a wide variety of Afghan rugs, from sumptuous piled purdahs to flat woven prayer rugs, all of them well illustrated.
Jodidio, Philip: Afghanistan: Preserving its Historic Heritage. Prestel, 2017. Paperback. 28x22cms.