LOST WORLD RELICS
FINDS IN AFGHANISTAN EXHIBITION FOR LONDON [from a special correspondent] ' - LONDON, Jan. 30 Citizens of London will soon have an opportunity of seeing relics of a "lost ;worlcl,"~a civilisation which flourished centuries ago in Afghanistan. Sculp- ' Itured Buddlias, bracelets and articles of pottery and ironwork were recently Unearthed by four young Englishmen after lying buried in the Swat Valley for more than 1000 years. They are to z be exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington. Mr. Philip Wright, of the museum, India section, who was a member of the expedition, said this week: "When ithe Empire of "Alexander was attacked by the barbarians, part of the population fell back on the North-West Frontier, carrying with them influences of the Greek civilisation. In the -Swat Valley, where .their new civilisation sprang up, we found evidence that it was a thickly-populated area. We have brought back iron nails and clamps ;which held the Buddhas to the temple •walls, door-hinges and what we believe .to be part of a.monastery bell with part of its clapper." '' • '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23276, 20 February 1939, Page 6
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