Pair of gold clasps depicting warriors, 1st century BC. Part of the “Bactrian Hoard”, t
Pair of gold clasps depicting warriors, 1st century BC. Part of the “Bactrian Hoard”, this piece was discovered in 1978 among 20,600 other gold ornaments in an ancient grave site near Sheberghan in Northern Afghanistan. In 1979 the artifacts were carefully hidden in secret vaults under the Central Bank of Afghanistan in Kabul. They were rediscovered in 2003. -- source link
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