Mir Zakah

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Mir Zakah Coordinates: 33°46′00″N 69°29′00″E / 33.76667°N 69.48333°E / 33.76667; 69.48333 is a village in the Mirzaka District of Paktia Province in eastern Afghanistan,[1] where "one of the largest ancient coin deposits ever attested in the history of mankind"[2] was discovered in 1947[3] at the bottom of a well and extensively plundered in later years.[4] The village lies on the old caravan route from Ghazni to Gandhara.[5] The controversial Alexander Medaillon[6][7][8] is said to have come from the treasure looted at Mir Zakah between 1992 and 1993.[1]


See also[]

  • Destruction of art in Afghanistan # Mir Zakah Treasure

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Alexander the Great (330-323 BC)". United States: www.cemml.colostate.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  2. ^ O.Bopearachchi "Recent discoveries of coin hoards from Central Asia and Pakistan: new numismatic evidence on the pre-Kushan history of the Silk Road", Unesco Knowledge Bank.
  3. ^ D.Schlumberger "Un trésor monétaire découvert au village de Mir Zakah (Afghanistan)" Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Année 1948 Volume 92 Numéro 2 pp. 174-176
  4. ^ Tim McGirk "A YEAR OF LOOTING DANGEROUSLY", The Independent, 24 March 1996
  5. ^ Warwick Ball, "The Monuments of Afghanistan: History, Archaeology and Architecture", 2008, p. 249
  6. ^ Smriti Daniel, "Getting hold of the Alexander medallion", The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), September 25, 2011
  7. ^ "Review: Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions by Frank L. Holt" Review by: Henry Paul Francfort, Arts asiatiques Année 2012 Volume 67 Numéro 1 p. 173 :"les auteurs, tous deux numismates de renom, nous font entrer dans les méandres de la controverse qui règne autour de l'authenticité d'une médaille en or ... représentant au droit un portrait d'Alexandre le Grand et au revers un éléphant." Eng.:"The authors, both renowned numismatists, lead us into the labyrinthine controversy around the authenticity of a gold medal ... representing on the obverse a portrait of Alexander the Great and on the reverse an elephant."
  8. ^ Callataÿ F (2013). "Pourquoi le « distatère en or au portrait d'Alexandre » est très probablement un faux moderne". Revue Numismatique (170): 175–189. Retrieved 2021-12-21.


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