With 231 invaluable artifacts transferred from the Afghanistan National Museum, this is the first time the public in Hong Kong has been able to see up close the ancient treasures of Afghanistan, an important intersection on the Silk Road and also the intersection of the East and West for many millennia.
The artifacts include gold tools, glass, bronze sculptures and elephant net carvings excavated from four famous archaeological sites: Tepe Fullol, Ai Khanum, Tillya Tepe and Begram.
The exhibits date from the bronze period to around the first century AD and are influenced by Greek, Indian and Roman cultures as well as neighboring areas. They are the embodiment of cultural diversity including the characteristics of different herbal cultures
Joyce Ho, director of the Hong Kong Museum of History, said the exhibition's 29th stop, so they try not to repeat what they have done before. Therefore, an initial archaeological report introduced the context and meaning of each artifact to make a difference for the exhibition.
