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Alexander in Bactra - Jona Lendering - 09-03-2008
This article deals with the French excavations of a site near Balkh that probably is the site of pre-Hellenistic Bactra. If the identification is correct, it is the place where Zarathustra was killed and Alexander married Rhoxane. Not results yet, but it is interesting - and it is reassuring that the site has not been abandoned.
Re: Alexander in Bactra - greekwarrior34 - 09-04-2008
Nice! And is it possible to know when did the excavation began? I used to think that any serious excavations in Bactria (or Indo-Greece) were never been done. I remember I had read it in wikipedia.
Anyway, I hope this is only the beginning. I'm sure awesome things would be found there.
Re: Alexander in Bactra - Sean Manning - 09-04-2008
Ai Kanum (I don't remember its ancient name) and a few other sites have been thoroughly excavated. But is a big area, split among countries which are unstable and hard to get to these days.
Thanks for the link, Jona. I'm glad to see some good news coming from Afghanistan.
Re: Alexander in Bactra - Jona Lendering - 09-04-2008
Quote:Nice! And is it possible to know when did the excavation began?Pretty recently; the discovery was less than 35 months ago.
Quote:Ai Kanum (I don't remember its ancient name)Alexandria on the Oxus.
Re: Alexander in Bactra - Timotheus - 09-14-2008
This should be fascinating assuming that they can continue to work in the region.
This is not the neighborhood I would want to work in long term, which really sucks because what they could learn is something I really want to know. Especially since wht we know of Bactria is just so small, we really are to a large degree stuck with interpretations of coinage and not much else.