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Lost World of the Golden King - In Search of Ancient Afghanistan (Hardcover)
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Lost World of the Golden King - In Search of Ancient Afghanistan (Hardcover)
Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society, 53
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Drawing on ancient historical writings, the vast array of
information gleaned in recent years from the study of Hellenistic
coins, and startling archaeological evidence newly unearthed in
Afghanistan, Frank L. Holt sets out to rediscover the ancient
civilization of Bactria. In a gripping narrative informed by the
author's deep knowledge of his subject, this book covers two
centuries of Bactria's history, from its colonization by remnants
of Alexander the Great's army to the kingdom's collapse at the time
of a devastating series of nomadic invasions. Beginning with the
few tantalizing traces left behind when the 'empire of a thousand
cities' vanished, Holt takes up that trail and follows the
remarkable and sometimes perilous journey of rediscovery.
"Lost World of the Ancient King" describes how a single bit of
evidence--a Greek coin--launched a search that drew explorers to
the region occupied by the tumultuous warring tribes of eighteenth-
and nineteenth-century Afghanistan. Coin by coin, king by king, the
history of Bactria was reconstructed using the emerging
methodologies of numismatics. In the twentieth century,
extraordinary ancient texts added to the evidence. Finally, one of
the 'thousand cities' was discovered and excavated, revealing an
opulent palace, treasury, temple, and other buildings. Though these
great discoveries soon fell victim to the Afghan political crisis
that continues today, this book provides a thrilling chronicle of
the search for one of the world's most enigmatic empires.
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