Ai-Khanoum (/aɪ ˈhɑːnjuːm/, meaning 'Lady Moon'; Uzbek Latin: Oyxonim) is the archaeological site of a Hellenistic city in Takhar Province, Afghanistan...

The Ai-Khanoum plaque is an ancient Greco-Bactrian disk discovered at the archaeological site of Ai-Khanoum in Takhar Province, Afghanistan. This Hellenistic...

Antiochus II Theos. Recent analysis strongly suggests that the Greek city of Ai-Khanoum, located in Takhar Province, northern Afghanistan, at the confluence of...

discovered ancient artefacts of Ai Khanom and invited Princeton-archaeologist Daniel Schlumberger with his team to examine Ai-Khanoum. It was soon found to be...

only a few such cities have been excavated such as Ai-Khanoum and Bactra. The city of Ai-Khanoum, in north-eastern Afghanistan, had all the hallmarks...

heritage and artistic proficiency as seen with the remains of the city of Ai-Khanoum, which was founded as a Greco-Bactrian city. In modern-day Pakistan, several...

colonies in neighbouring Bactria, such as Alexandria on the Oxus (modern Ai-Khanoum) and Alexandria of the Caucasus (medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram). After...

eastern cultures, and is thought to have traveled to the Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum (Alexandria on the Oxus) in modern Afghanistan. Clearchus wrote extensively...

evidence for the period comes largely from excavations of the city of Ai-Khanoum, where this period saw the expansion of irrigation networks, the construction...

Eucratides I. Eucratides was the last known ruler of Ai-Khanoum, which was also his capital city. Ai-Khanoum was a prosperous Greek city in Bactria and excavations...

Herakles statuette. Ai-Khanoum. 2nd century BC. Bracelet with horned female busts. Ai-Khanoum, 2nd century BC. Stone recipients from Ai-Khanoum. 3rd-2nd century...

475–450 BC A hermaic sculpture of an old man, probably a philosopher. Ai Khanoum, Afghanistan, 2nd century BC Male and female Baroque herms at the Rubenshuis...

provided by the discoveries made at Ai Khanoum, and as some claim, demonstrated how the Greek artists of Ai Khanoum not only had an affinity for the Greek...

kingdom's capital. Holt identifies "Mint A" with Ai Khanoum, while Kritt prefers some other location near Ai Khanoum. Simon Glenn emphasises the that "we do not...

Afrasiab murals Stamp seal (BM 119999) Seal of Khingila Siberian Ice Maiden Ai-Khanoum plaque Saksanokhur gold buckle Boar hunter (Hermitage Museum) Siberian...

original text contained all 147. Another inscription, discovered in 1966 at Ai-Khanoum in modern-day Afghanistan, presents the final five maxims of Stobaeus...

Hellenistic world represented by the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and its capital Ai Khanoum. The language of these edicts is Pali and the script is Brahmi. The inscriptions...

sculpture, metal objects, and coins rescued from the French excavations at Ai-Khanoum and Surkh Kotal; the spectacular collection of objects found at a merchants...

circumstance that no coins of Demetrius II have been found in the ruins of Ai Khanoum, which was presumably destroyed during the reign of Eucratides I. Demetrius...

Seleucus Nicator (312–281 BC), Ai Khanoum. Antiochus I (281–261 BC), Ai Khanoum. Antiochos II (261–246 BC), Ai Khanoum. Diodotus I (256–238 BC). Diodotus...

Indian-standard silver drachmas were discovered at the administrative quarters of Ai-Khanoum from a pilgrim's water vessel by a team of French archaeologists. These...

the Qin Terracotta Army. Portrait of a man, Ai-Khanoum, 3rd-2nd century BC. Statue of Herakles from Ai-Khanoum, 3rd-2nd century BC. Clay and pigment head...

contemporary scholars. Archaeological evidence reveals that the city of Ai-Khanoum was besieged around 225 BC, an event which Holt connects with Euthydemus'...

Architectural antefixae with Hellenistic "Flame palmette" design, Ai-Khanoum. Ai- Khanoum mosaic (central detail in color). This is the design that was adopted...

Afrasiab murals Stamp seal (BM 119999) Seal of Khingila Siberian Ice Maiden Ai-Khanoum plaque Saksanokhur gold buckle Boar hunter (Hermitage Museum) Siberian...

palace of Khalchayan. On the ruins of ancient Hellenistic cities such as Ai-Khanoum, the Kushans are known to have built fortresses. Various sculptures and...

city of Ai-Khanoum circa 300 BCE, may have influenced the writings of Ashoka. These Greek inscriptions, located in the central square of Ai-Khanoum, put...

Hellenistic/Macedonian colonies Africa Alexandria Ptolemais Hermiou Asia Ai-Khanoum Alexandretta Antioch Apamea Alexandria Arachosia Alexandria Ariana Alexandria...

a common practise in the ancient world. The most likely candidate is Ai-Khanoum, although Dilbarjin is another candidate. Ptolemy, vi, 1, 7; Strabo xi...

an image of Vasudeva-Krishna, was found in the Greco-Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum in the Kunduz area of Afghanistan, minted by Agathocles of Bactria. In...