Tillya tepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa (Persian: طلاتپه, romanized: Ṭalā-tappe, literally "Golden Hill" or "Golden Mound") is an archaeological site in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan near Sheberghan, excavated in 1978 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi. The hoard found there is often known as the Bactrian gold.
The hoard is a collection of about 20,600 ornaments, coins and other kinds of artifacts, made of gold, silver, ivory, etc., that were found in six burial mounds erected for five women and one man, with extremely rich jewelry, dated to around the 1st century BCE-1st century CE.[1] The ornaments include necklaces set with semi-precious stones, belts, medallions and a crown. After its discovery, the hoard went missing during the wars in Afghanistan, until it was "rediscovered" and first brought to public attention again in 2003. A new museum in Kabul is being planned where the Bactrian gold will eventually be kept.
The heavily fortified town of Yemshi Tepe, just five kilometres to the northeast of modern Sheberghan on the road to Akcha, is only half a kilometre from the now-famous necropolis of Tillia-tepe.
^Srinivasan, Doris (2007). On the Cusp of an Era: Art in the Pre-Kuṣāṇa World. BRILL. p. 16. ISBN 9789004154513.
Tillyatepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa (Persian: طلاتپه, romanized: Ṭalā-tappe, literally "Golden Hill" or "Golden Mound") is an archaeological site in...
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were in Bactria in the 1st century BCE-1st century CE. The graves of TillyaTepe, complete with numerous artifacts, dated to the period between the 1st...
Issyk kurgan, Saka Kurgan tombs, the Barrows of Tasmola and possibly TillyaTepe. In the 2nd century BC, many Sakas were driven by the Yuezhi from the...
material from Bagram, Ai-Khanoum, Tepe Fullol, and the gold jewellery from all six of the excavated burials at TillyaTepe, have been on traveling exhibition...
that the rulers of Yemshi Tepe were a branch of the Kushans who were buried in the nearby TillyaTepe tumuli. Yemshi Tepe is generally described as "a...
Aynak Fondukistan Khair Khaneh Tapa Sardar Tepe Narenj Takht-e Rostam Tepe Fullol TillyaTepe Yemshi Tepe Alexandria Prophthasia Aq Kupruk Asqalan Bactria–Margiana...
made from chalcedony, possibly Kushan, were found in recent years at Tillya-tepe in north-western Afghanistan. Hot wax would not stick to it so it was...
year 30 AD. A coin of Sapadbizes was discovered in the burial site of TillyaTepe. " Coins found in the graves include an aureus of the emperor Tiberius...
Scythians, as known for example from the Tillyatepe archaeological site in northern Afghanistan. The Tillyatepe treasure is also dated to the 1st century...
ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0. Sarianidi, Viktor. 1985. The Golden Hoard of Bactria: From the Tillya-tepe Excavations in Northern Afghanistan. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York....
in this painting are very similar to the individuals depicted in Balalyk Tepe, and they may be related to the Hepthalites. They participate "to the artistic...
Press. Sarianidi, Victor. (1985). The Golden Hoard of Bactria: From the Tillya-tepe Excavations in Northern Afghanistan. Harry N. Abrams, New York. Map of...
Aynak Fondukistan Khair Khaneh Tapa Sardar Tepe Narenj Takht-e Rostam Tepe Fullol TillyaTepe Yemshi Tepe Alexandria Prophthasia Aq Kupruk Asqalan Bactria–Margiana...
Saksanokhur belt buckle is also very similar to several of the gold objects of TillyaTepe, particularly regarding the Hellenistic style and the framing egg-and-dart...
this "fort" was not finished, but is very similar to the "fire temple" in Tepe Nush-i Jan.: p.39 Gonur is among the largest ruins in the Murghab river...
I (900–650 BC) complex (with bronze arrowheads and iron artefacts in TillyaTepe), Yaz II (650–450 BC) and Yaz III (450–350 BC) house remains, although...
Hissar, Samarqand, Urgut, the Zarafshan Valley, Kulab, Jizzakh, and Ura Tepe. Within three years he was also able to subdue Zamin, Panjkent, and Falgar...
Aynak Fondukistan Khair Khaneh Tapa Sardar Tepe Narenj Takht-e Rostam Tepe Fullol TillyaTepe Yemshi Tepe Alexandria Prophthasia Aq Kupruk Asqalan Bactria–Margiana...
0-521-01109-4. Sarianidi, Viktor, 1985. The Golden Hoard of Bactria: From the Tillya-tepe Excavations in Northern Afghanistan. Harry N. Abrams, New York. Schafer...
Aynak Fondukistan Khair Khaneh Tapa Sardar Tepe Narenj Takht-e Rostam Tepe Fullol TillyaTepe Yemshi Tepe Alexandria Prophthasia Aq Kupruk Asqalan Bactria–Margiana...
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