Openwork panel with representation of woman with child and two women, Afghanistan, Begram, project II, chamber 13, collection 34 (34, e.6), 1st century AD., Ivory, 13.8 x 24.7 cm, National Museum of Afghanistan

AMSTERDAM.-In the Winter of 2007 and the Spring of 2008, the Nieuwe Kerk will present a completely different view of Afghanistan, a country that has been in the news almost daily in recent years. There is more to Afghanistan than war and destruction. It is a country on which different cultures have left their mark. Strategically located on the trade routes between East and West, ancient Afghanistan was at the crossroads of civilizations in central Asia, which is evident from the magnificent archaeological finds. The exhibition presents 250 archaeological objects, most of which were ‘rediscovered’ in 2004 in the vaults of the Central Bank in Kabul and brought to Europe in 2006 for restoration and for this traveling exhibition.

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