# archaeology art tajikistan

I love the Daevabad series by . City of Brass has an amazing scene where the Oxus River becomes a malignant serpent in the middle of the night. Here’s my interpretation:

12 54
2021-02-02

The "Oxus Treasures" are artifacts from the Achaemenid Persian Empire that were found at a fort called "Takht-i Kuwad" in modern day Tajikstan
They were found in the 19th century by merchants from Bukhara, and while travelling to Kabul there were robbed

129 605
2021-01-30

Among the most distictive & mysterious remains of the Oxus culture are these “balafre” (man-dragon) statuettes, c 2300-1800 BC, depicting men covered in scales and holding a pot. They may represent an ancient mythological hero related to the Vedic Indra.

62 263
2020-06-21

Embossed cylindrical silver vase from the Oxus region showing a race between 2-wheeled and 4-wheeled carts pulled by bulls, c. 2200-1900 BC, from “Treasures From The Oxus” (Vidale)

2 30
2020-06-20

Was reading 'Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks' and got the idea that the Balafre statue from the ancient Oxus culture was maybe a God/spirit for people with incurable conditions (instead of an evil dragon God) that maybe main chara from the Bactria comic can visit

3 4
2020-01-31

Wakhan,
Oxus River one of th longest rivers of Central Asia. Th Amu Darya wz traditionally known to th Western world from Greek and Roman times as th Oxus & was called th Jayḥūn by the Arabs, some explorers blve origin is in Hindu Kush of Pak  Panj river joined by vakhsh river

45 220
2019-11-04

Oxus ibex torc terminal, 5th-4th cent BC.https://t.co/H9Vamzhode British Museum

2 8
2016-05-07

Trotting into the weekend w/ gold chariot & ponies (Persian, 5th/4thC BC) http://t.co/RKXyPY6f3P

5 9
2015-05-15