According to CCTV news reports, ancient Afghanistan was a common place on the Asian and European continent. The Silk Road was in all directions. Various civilizations once reflected on this land, leaving rich cultural treasures.
But according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported on February 22, researchers at the University of Chicago in the United States said that under the organizational excavation activity, dozens of archeological sites in Afghanistan have now beenThe pushing machine was razed to the ground.
Researchers said that after analyzing satellite images, it proves that the stealing model has begun since the former government of Afghanistan, and continued after Taliban re -control in 2021.The damaged sites can be traced back to the late bronze era and the iron era, and some of them are even 1000 years ago.Most of them are located in the Balt region in northern Afghanistan. This area was the central area of the Kingdom of Barkria (3rd century BC) more than 2,000 years ago.On the ancient Silk Road.
New Evillation Mode
Researchers at the University of Chicago Cultural Heritage Protection Center through satellite images and other toolsIt has been confirmed that more than 29,000 archeological sites in Afghanistan have been confirmed, and they have discovered a new excavation model in the Balk region since 2018.
Researchers said that according to the way of spots that appear and disappear over time, and the traces left, they are convinced that they come from the bulldozer.
In the subsequent images, some of the pits that are just dug on the stolen by some of the just -pushed areas.A wider area to make it easier to carry out systemic excavation activities. "
Researchers do not announce the exact position of the excavation activities to avoid providing information to potential excavators.These sites are mainly mounds, forts, early stations and canals. Many of the documents of many sites are still in the preliminary stage, which means that researchers do not have more information about what buried them.
It is worth mentioning that 97 kilometers from the area are TELA TEPE, a Barktria "Golden Hill" with a history of 2000,Excavated in 1978.Among them, the crown and gold coins include gold jewelry, exquisite crown and gold coins, and are called "the treasures of Afghanistan lost."
"You can discover a civilization in every mound," said Said Rezi Husseuni, a researcher in Cambridge University in the UK.
Taliban denies the stolen
Professor Stan said that the stolen activity was the former President Ashlav ·Ashraf Ghani began during the political period, and Taliban continued to exist after taking power.Steins team said that between 2018 and 2021, 162 ancient sites were "destroyed at an amazing speed per week". These sites may be ransacked by rich and powerful people. They have the ability to buy or rent excavated equipment.And "in the absence of unmanned intervention" moved it to rural areas.
On July 13, 2022, local time, Afghanistan Bamiyan, tourists are visiting the site of the Shahamma Buddha, 2001 3rd 3rdThe Buddha statue of the month was destroyed.Visual China Data Map
In 2001, Taliban bombed the Bamiyan Buddha with a history of 1500 years during the first administration.Twenty years later returned to Kabul, Taliban claimed that he would respect the countrys cultural relics.
Afghanistans temporary government information and deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture, Etikira Aziz, denied the stolen statement, saying that a 800 -person troops had been dispatched to protect the historical sites.He told the Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that some organizations sent images about "traces of bulldozers and soil being moved" to the department, and said that "there was no excavation incident in these places."
Afghanistan ’s Ministry of National Defense in Afghanistan was added in September last year. Last September, 3 people were arrested by antiques at about 27 million US dollars (about RMB 200 million), including statues, mummy, Mummyi, Golden Crown, Books and Swords, and said that these items have been handed over to the National Museum of Afghanistan, and investigations are continuing.
Professor Stan said, "It is impossible to guess why Taliban denies the stolen statement." He said: "We can find that there are continuity even between two very different political systems.. "
He believes that the stolen cultural relics are smuggled from Iran, Pakistan and other countries from Afghanistan, and eventually entered Europe, North America and East Asia.If these cultural relics have never been ceded, it is difficult to track them, but tracking is necessary, and at the same time, it is necessary to protect Afghanistan that may discover more cultural relics.
"Afghanistans cultural heritage is actually part of the World Heritage, and it belongs to all of us." Professor Stan said.
