Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures exhibition at Etnografiska Museet in Stockholm

The impressive ”Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From the National Museum, Kabul” exhibition, on tour over the world since 2008, will be on display at Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm between 12 November 2011 and 25 March 2012.  It is a collection of some of the most remarkable archaeological finds in all of Central Asia, pieces that are not only artistically splendid but also reveal a diverse and thriving ancient culture. The exhibition includes four separate collections. One is from the ancient city of Fullol and includes a Bronze Age set of gold bowls that hint of the native wealth of Afghanistan. Another contains artifacts from Aï Khanum, a Greek city in northern Afghanistan. A third features untouched treasures from what is thought to be a merchant's storeroom in Begram, sealed up 2,000 years ago. And the fourth is the Bactrian gold, a collection of the precious items discovered in the graves of six nomads in Tillya Tepe.
Previously the exhibition has been on display at several important museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and most recently at the British Museum in London.
More information about the Hidden Treasures exhibition.
More information about the exhibition in Stockholm (only in Swedish).