National Museum Hosts Exhibitions of Ancient Ethnography-Bronze

KABUL (BAN) The National Museum will hold ancient ethnographic (anthropological) and bronze exhibitions in the museum’s showrooms in the near future.

Ainuddeen Sedaqat, director of the National Museum, told BNA that these exhibitions are held to acquaint more interested people with the country’s historical works, including ethnographic works that introduce the culture of different ethnic groups in Afghanistan, as well as an exhibition of works from the Bronze Age, an important period and civilization in Afghanistan, will be held.

He added that the Bronze Age objects are of great historical value and were obtained from the south of the country (Kandahar, Helmand and Mandi Gak archeological spots) and the other part from Balkh, Takhar and the Amu Darya civilization in the north of the country. Utensils and artifacts from the Bronze Age that have not been exhibited before.

Ainuddeen Sedaqat mentioning, “in the past six months, they have been able to research more than 2,000 objects of historical artifacts from different eras, and after categorizing them, they have registered in the database of the National Museum.”

Likewise, about one hundred objects of historical works related to the Islamic to Kushani old-fashioned, including sculptures, coins, pottery, ornaments and countless works, have been found with the cooperation of many authorities and have been submitted to the National Museum.

He said that among these works is a number related to the Islamic period, which were obtained by the forces of the Islamic Emirate from Herat and handed over to the National Museum.

Sedaqat said “There are more than 50,000 objects of historical artifacts in the National Museum, including the Stone Age, Bronze, Western Greece, Kushani, Islamic, as well as ethnographic works and other eras.”

The director of the National Museum added that these works were in the theaters of Hezar Shahr Bakhtar, coins, ethnography and the works recorded in 1399 It has been shown in the National Museum.

He added that most of the visitors to the National Museum’s works are students of universities and schools, and due to the cold season and the closure of universities and schools, the number of visitors has decreased and now 50 to one hundred people visit the works of the National Museum daily.

He added that in a number of provinces of the country, including Kandahar, Nangarhar, Herat, Balkh, Ghazni, Khost and Nimroz, there are local museums and it is planned to display historical monuments in these museums and provide places for museums in other provinces.

Ainuddeen Sedaqat, hassled that Afghanistan’s cultural heritage’s identity and precious historical assets of all the people of the country, and he called on the public, together with the Ministry of Information, Culture and the National Museum, to work for the protection and preservation of their national assets.

Bakhtar News Agency