Henri-Paul Francfort, Frantz Grenet, Guy Lecuyot, Bertille Lyonnet, Laurianne Martinez-Sève, Claude Rapin (éds.). Il y a 50 ans… la découverte d’Aï Khanoum. 1964-1978, fouilles de la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA)

Abstract

This book is published fifty years after the first discoveries made by the Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA) at Ai Khanoum, in northeast Afghanistan, one of the most important sites for the study of what we call ‘Hellenized Orient’. Already known since the late 19th century, the site was truly discovered in 1961, at the chance of a royal hunt in the Darqat Island Reserve. During this hunt, Mohammad Zahir Shah noticed a Greek-inspired stone capital and requested Marc Le ..