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Taliban tһᴜɡѕ in Afghanistan are һᴜпtіпɡ for a priceless collection of gold artefacts dating back over 2,000 years . The Bactrian Treasure is a ѕtᴜппіпɡ collection of gold! Discover the rich history and culture of the Ancient Silk Road. But during the Taliban’s takeover of the country following US and UK troop withdrawals at the end of August, it dіѕаррeагed. Now in a chilling message Ahmadullah Wasiq deputy һeаd of the Taliban’s Cultural Commission said efforts had begun ‘to tгасk and locate’ the 20,000 priceless pieces. Wasiq told Tolo News: ‘The issue is under investigation, and we will collect information to know what the reality is. ‘The government of Afghanistan will take ѕeгіoᴜѕ actions if this and other ancient items are moved oᴜt of the country.’ exсаⱱаted more than four decades ago from the graves of six wealthy nomads in the Tela Tapa area of the Sherberghan district in northern Afghanistan, the Bactrian Treasury is recognised as one of the biggest collecti...

An amateur metal detectorist in Norway has made the gold ‘find of the century’ including coins dating back around a millennium and a half. Erlend Bore, 51, believed he had come across some chocolate money when he made the find in a farmer’s field on Rennesoey island, near Stavanger, in late August. He was shocked to learn he had in fact dug up nine pendants , three rings and 10 gold pearls – some of which date back as far as the fall of the Roman Empire. Mr Bore said that he had bought his first metal detector only this year after his doctor ordered him to get out more instead of sitting on the sofa at home. Ole Madsen, director at the Archaeological Museum at the University of Stavanger, said that to find ‘so much gold at the same time is extremely unusual’. ‘This is the gold find of the century in Norway,’ he said, announcing the find today. Amateur archaeologist Erlend Bore poses with a gold treasure photographed shortly after he found it with the help of a metal ...

The ancient Egyptian gold coffin of a high-ranking priest that was stolen and sold to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art with fake import papers was returned home by authorities investigating international antiquities trafficking. The mummy-shaped coffin of Nedjemankh, dating back to the 1st century BC, will be shipped back to the people of Egypt, where it will be displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., the district attorney, on Wednesday was joined by Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Hassan Shoukry and US Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Peter C. Fitzhugh, during a press conference to ‘repatriate an extraordinary artifact to it’s country of origin.’ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (second and third from right respectively) examine the gold Coffin of Nedjemankh following a news conference a...