🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Ahin Posh
Ahan Posh or Ahan Posh Tape (Persian: آهن پوش, romanized: âhan puš, lit. 'iron-covered (place)') is an ancient Buddhist stupa and monastery complex in the vicinity of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, dated to…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیسهای بودا در بامیان) were two monumental Buddhist reliefs in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan, carved possibly around the 6th-century.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Ghazni
Ghazni, historically known as Ghaznayn or Ghazna, also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana, is a city in southeastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Ghazni…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Bimaran
Bimaran is a locality, 11 km west of Jalalabad in Afghanistan. It is well known for the discovery of the Bimaran casket in one of the stupas (stupa Nb 2) located at Bimaran.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Alexandria Prophthasia
Alexandria Prophthasia (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια η Προφθασία), also known as Alexandria in Drangiana, was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Dokhtar-i-Noshirwan
Dokhtar-i-Noshirwan, also Nigar, is an archaeological site in the Ḵolm valley in northern Afghanistan.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Asqalan, Afghanistan
Asqalan or Askalan is a village in Kunduz Province, in northern Afghanistan. It lies roughly 20 kilometres northwest of Kunduz and is also an archaeological site of an ancient tomb.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Gawhar Shad Mausoleum
The Gawhar Shad Mausoleum, also known as the Tomb of Baysunghur, is a former Islamic burial structure located in what is now Herat, Afghanistan.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Haji Piyada Mosque
The Haji Piyada Mosque (Dari: مسجد حاجى پياده, lit. 'Mosque of the walking pilgrim') or Noh Gonbad Mosque (Dari: مسجد نُهگنبد, lit.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Dilberjin Tepe
Dilberjin Tepe, also Dilberjin or Delbarjin (Persian: دلبَرجین), is the modern name for the remains of an ancient town in modern (northern) Afghanistan.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Darra-e Kur
Darra-e Kūr or Bābā Darwīsh, is an archaeological site in Badakhshan province in Afghanistan.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Aq Kupruk
Aq Kupruk is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.