• The French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (French: La Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA)) was created in France in 1922...
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  • Alfred Charles Auguste Foucher (category 20th-century French archaeologists)
    which became the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA). Foucher's most famous work was L'Art Gréco-Bouddhique du Gandhara in which he described...
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    were gathered in 1928 by the archeological mission of Frenchman Jules Barthoux of the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan, and have been...
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    hoards and archaeological sites have been. The French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA) published the coin finds made at the town of Surkh...
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    Ai-Khanoum plaque (category Hellenistic sites in Afghanistan)
    Rediscovered in 1961, the ruins of the city were excavated by the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA) until an outbreak of conflict in Afghanistan...
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    East India Company. In the 1930s, the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan, DAFA) found unexpected...
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  • Cheshmeh-ye Shafa (category Populated places in Balkh Province)
    spring") is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan. In October 2008, the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA) believed they...
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    Begram ivories (category Archaeological discoveries in Afghanistan)
    ancient trade in luxury goods. They are the best known element of the Begram Hoard. The French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA) conducted...
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    Jules Barthoux (category Historians of Afghanistan)
    French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA), between 1925 and 1928. He died in 1965 in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, in Paris, France....
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    Zadian (redirect from Zadian, Afghanistan)
    Mongols. Archaeology has taken place in the village, including works by the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA). School in Zadian Skyline...
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    come under threat of destruction and damage. Archaeology of Afghanistan, mainly conducted by British and French antiquarians, has had a heavy focus on the...
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  • Ai-Khanoum (category Former populated places in Afghanistan)
    'Lady Moon'; Uzbek Latin: Oyxonim) is the archaeological site of a Hellenistic city in Takhar Province, Afghanistan. The city, whose original name is unknown...
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    Roman Ghirshman (category French Iranologists)
    Khuzestan. From 1941 to 1942 he was Director of the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan. He was also a member of the Académie des Inscriptions...
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    Treasure of Begram (category Archaeological discoveries in Afghanistan)
    1st-2nd century CE discovered in the area of Begram, Afghanistan. The French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA) conducted excavations at...
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    the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA). Initially, relations between both nations were underdeveloped. In 1928, Afghan King Amanullah...
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    Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Stupa (category Archaeological sites in Afghanistan)
    archeological mission of Frenchman Jules Barthoux of the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan, and have been preserved and reconstituted through...
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    hectares in size. The archaeological site of Jam was successfully nominated as Afghanistan's first World Heritage site in 2002. It was also inscribed in UNESCO's...
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    Haji Piyada (category Archaeological sites in Afghanistan)
    vulnerable to erosion. In 2006, based on a request from Afghan authorities, UNESCO, and the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA),the site was...
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    historical activities, many believe that Afghanistan compares to Egypt in the historical value of its archaeological sites. Artifacts typical of the Paleolithic...
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    invading Mongols. Archaeology has taken place in the district, including works by the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA). On 14 March...
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  • Bruno Dagens (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    performed various internships with the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan. From 1957 to 1964, he participated in the excavations at Mundigak and...
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    Yousuf Jan Nesar (category Afghan film directors)
    known as Yousuf Janisar) is an Afghan-French filmmaker and producer, born in 1970 in the Panjshir province of Afghanistan. From 1986, he served as a military...
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    Rabatak inscription (category Archaeological discoveries in Afghanistan)
    was similar to an inscription found in the 1950s at Surkh Kotal by the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan. Cribb shared the photograph with...
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  • Raoul Curiel (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Daniel Schlumberger and Henri Seyrig. Curiel was the French archaeological representative in Afghanistan in 1945 and served as Director of Antiques at the National...
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  • Alexander the Great to the Timurids. Kabul & Bishkek: French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan & French Institute for Central Asian Studies. pp. 17–23...
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    Zadian Minaret (category Minarets in Afghanistan)
    taken place in the district, including works by the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA). As the minaret is climbable, local citizens...
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    were two possibly 6th-century monumental Buddhist statues in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan. Located 130 kilometres (81 mi) to the northwest of Kabul...
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    Joseph Hackin (category French Resistance members)
    After several archaeological missions in Afghanistan, he was appointed director of the Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan in 1934. During...
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    Surkh Kotal (category Archaeological sites in Afghanistan)
    شیر Chashma-i Shir; also called Sar-i Chashma, is an ancient archaeological site located in the southern part of the region of Bactria, about 18 kilometres...
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  • Daniel Schlumberger (category 20th-century French archaeologists)
    been invited by Khan Nasher in the 1960s, he conducted fieldwork at Ay Khanum in Afghanistan as Director of the Délégation Archéologique Française, discovering...
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