The first Lithuanian Archaeological expedition in Afghanistan by Aleksiejus Luchtanas, Ramunė Butrimaitė

“…Interest in Afghanistan's cultural heritage grew in the 20th century with the archaeological expeditions provided by Italian, Indian, German, Japanese, Russian, French, and American scientists. …”
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Pratiques funéraires dans l’Arabie antique : la nécropole de Thaj by Marie Laguardia, Olivia Munoz, Jérôme Rohmer, Patrice Courtaud

“…In north-eastern Arabia, a new phase of settlement expansion began in the 4th-3rd centuries BCE, as the region became a crossroads for trade between southern Arabia, the Indian Ocean, Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean. A remarkable aspect of this "renaissance" was the development of vast tumulus necropolises, which seems to have revived a regional building tradition dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE. …”
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