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The Afghan National Museum was opened in 1919 during the reign of King Amanullah Khan. [12] The collection was originally inside the Bagh-e Bala Palace, but was moved in 1922 and began as a 'Cabinet of Curiosities'. [13] It was moved to its present location in 1931. [14] Historian Nancy Dupree co-authored A Guide to the Kabul Museum in 1964.
Today the Rabatak inscription is again on display in the reopened Afghan National Museum, or Kabul Museum. The Rabatak site, again visited by Robert Kluijver in March 2002, has been looted and destroyed (the looting was performed with bulldozers), reportedly by the local commander at Rabatak.
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Through 1992, Taliban attacks and looting of the National Museum of Afghanistan resulted in a loss of 70% of the 100,000 artifacts of Afghan culture and history. [18] On 11 August 1998, the Taliban destroyed the Puli Khumri Public Library. The library contained over 55,000 books and old manuscripts and was considered by Afghans as one of the ...
Band-E-Amir is a series of mountain lakes created by natural dams. The waters are pure blue and the nature is undisturbed. The area is protected as a national park and is popular with tourists. [10] Bagh-e Babur: Kabul: 2009 iv (cultural) The Gardens of Babur, located on the slopes above Kabul, are an early example of a Mughal garden.
Afghanistan’s Band-e-Amir National Park was known for having employed the country’s first-ever female park rangers. Now, women won’t even be allowed to visit, let alone work there, as the ...
Some of the site's sculptures were transferred to the National Museum of Afghanistan (also known as the 'Kabul Museum'), the rest of the site was completely looted during the Afghan Civil War. The most famous artifacts of this site are the Surkh Kotal inscriptions, the statue of King Kanishka and the fire altar.
The National Museum of Afghanistan, 2010. Omara Khan Massoudi is an Afghan museum director. He was born in 1948.He helped save more than 20,000 valueble meusem art work to safety. In 1964 he won the Prince Claus award.