Nangarhar Provincial Museum
The Nangarhar Provincial Museum is a museum located in Hadda, Afghanistan. References See also * List of museums in Afghanistan This is a list of museums in Afghanistan by city. Ghazni * Museum of Islamic Art Hadda * Nangarhar Provincial Museum Herat * Herat National Museum * Jihad Museum Kabul * National Museum of Afghanistan * OMAR Mine Museum Kandahar * ... Museums in Afghanistan {{Afghanistan-museum-stub ...
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Museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these items available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. The largest museums are located in major cities throughout the world, while thousands of local museums exist in smaller cities, towns, and rural areas. Museums have varying aims, ranging from the conservation and documentation of their collection, serving researchers and specialists, to catering to the general public. The goal of serving researchers is not only scientific, but intended to serve the general public. There are many types of museums, including art museums, natural history museums, science museums, war museums, and children's museums. According to the International Council of Museums (ICOM), there are more than 55,000 museums in 202 countrie ...
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Hadda, Afghanistan
Haḍḍa ( ps, هډه) is a Greco-Buddhist archeological site located ten kilometers south of the city of Jalalabad, in the Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan. Hadda is said to have been almost entirely destroyed in the fighting during the civil war in Afghanistan. Background Some 23,000 Greco-Buddhist sculptures, both clay and plaster, were excavated in Hadda during the 1930s and the 1970s. The findings combine elements of Buddhism and Hellenism in an almost perfect Hellenistic style. Although the style of the artifacts is typical of the late Hellenistic 2nd or 1st century BCE, the Hadda sculptures are usually dated (although with some uncertainty), to the 1st century CE or later (i.e. one or two centuries afterward). This discrepancy might be explained by a preservation of late Hellenistic styles for a few centuries in this part of the world. However it is possible that the artifacts actually were produced in the late Hellenistic period. Given the antiquity of these ...
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List Of Museums In Afghanistan
This is a list of museums in Afghanistan by city. Ghazni * Museum of Islamic Art Hadda * Nangarhar Provincial Museum Herat * Herat National Museum * Jihad Museum Kabul * National Museum of Afghanistan * OMAR Mine Museum Kandahar * Kandahar Provincial Museum Mazari Sharif * Balkh Provincial Museum See also * List of libraries in Afghanistan External links National Museum of Afghanistan {{Asia topic, List of museums in Museums Afghanistan Museums Museums Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...