Afghanistan-Cultural Relics Protection

Afghanistan ancient cultural relics survived from civil turbulence thanks to generations of efforts

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Kabul, Afghanistan - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Cultural relics restorer showing old pictures
2. Various of restorer repairing cultural relics
3. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Shirazuddin Sifi, member, restoration department, National Museum of Afghanistan:
"Several of our colleagues proposed to the presidential palace to evacuate the cultural relics. They accepted our proposal and asked us to find a safe place. We thought the Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank, is the safest place. Some cultural relics were then moved there."
4. Various of coffers for storing cultural relics
5. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Najeebullah Assadi, member, restoration department, National Museum of Afghanistan:
"About 20 people came to the underground vault, including the relics diggers, some foreigners, some workers from the National Museum of Afghanistan, some from Afghan National Security Forces and workers that kept the key to the underground vault. They were also the one who stored the coffers in the vault. They witnessed the opening of the vault."
6. Various of exhibition of survived Afghanistan cultural relics
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Fahim Rahimi, curator, National Museum of Afghanistan:
"The purpose of a world exhibition tour is to show the real Afghanistan, the real history and the rich culture of Afghanistan. This is the goodwill released by the Afghan people to the people of the rest of the world."
8. Interior of museum
9. Exterior of museum

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A number of extremely precious Afghan cultural relics have finished the last leg of their tour in China on Oct. 9 after visiting many different places in the country starting from March 2017.

The treasures, which represent civilizations ranging from Bronze Age to Kushan dynasty and Hellenistic period (323 BC-31 BC), had earlier been put on display in over a dozen countries and regions including Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Britain.

They went on the global tour after surviving the numerous flames of wars in their country, thanks to the life-threatening efforts of generations of people and the unremitting efforts of the National Museum of Afghanistan.

Since the 1980s, the worsening situation in Afghanistan posed a great threat to the ancient civilization. The areas around the National Museum was often the target of rocket attacks. In order to protect the cultural relics, the National Museum planned to move part of the relics to safer places.

Shirazuddin Sifi, member of the restoration department in the National Museum of Afghanistan, said: "Several of our colleagues proposed to the presidential palace to evacuate the cultural relics. They accepted our proposal and asked us to find a safe place. We thought the Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank, is the safest place. Some cultural relics were then moved there."

At the end of the 1980s, the most precious cultural relics were moved to the six coffers in the underground vault of the central bank, including the 4,000-year-old gold and silver wares and the more than 20,000 2,000-year-old gold jewelries and the exotic goods along the route of the ancient Silk Road.

Luckily these relics have survived the flames of civil wars and robberies and the damage by Talibans.

The coffers of the central bank was not opened until May 2004, when the relics began to see the light of day. People were surprised to find that these relics have been preserved well. The relics restorers witnessed the historic moment.

"About 20 people came to the underground vault, including the relics diggers, some foreigners, some workers from the National Museum of Afghanistan, some from Afghan National Security Forces and workers that kept the key to the underground vault. They were also the one who stored the coffers in the vault. They witnessed the opening of the vault," said Najeebullah Assadi, member of the restoration department in the National Museum of Afghanistan.

Many of the survived national treasures began an exhibition tour in many countries starting from 2006 and the exhibition moved to China in 2017.

"The purpose of a world exhibition tour is to show the real Afghanistan, the real history and the rich culture of Afghanistan. This is the goodwill released by the Afghan people to the people of the rest of the world," said Mohammad Fahim Rahimi, curator of the National Museum of Afghanistan.

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  • ID : 8124514
  • Dateline : Sept 21, 2019
  • Location : Kabul,Afghanistan
  • Category : arts, culture and entertainment
  • Duration : 2'07
  • Audio Language : Dari/English/Nats/Part Mute
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2019-10-15 20:52
  • Last Modified : 2019-10-15 22:08:00
  • Version : 3

Afghanistan-Cultural Relics Protection

Afghanistan ancient cultural relics survived from civil turbulence thanks to generations of efforts

Dateline : Sept 21, 2019

Location : Kabul,Afghanistan

Duration : 2'07

  • English


Kabul, Afghanistan - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Cultural relics restorer showing old pictures
2. Various of restorer repairing cultural relics
3. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Shirazuddin Sifi, member, restoration department, National Museum of Afghanistan:
"Several of our colleagues proposed to the presidential palace to evacuate the cultural relics. They accepted our proposal and asked us to find a safe place. We thought the Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank, is the safest place. Some cultural relics were then moved there."
4. Various of coffers for storing cultural relics
5. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Najeebullah Assadi, member, restoration department, National Museum of Afghanistan:
"About 20 people came to the underground vault, including the relics diggers, some foreigners, some workers from the National Museum of Afghanistan, some from Afghan National Security Forces and workers that kept the key to the underground vault. They were also the one who stored the coffers in the vault. They witnessed the opening of the vault."
6. Various of exhibition of survived Afghanistan cultural relics
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Fahim Rahimi, curator, National Museum of Afghanistan:
"The purpose of a world exhibition tour is to show the real Afghanistan, the real history and the rich culture of Afghanistan. This is the goodwill released by the Afghan people to the people of the rest of the world."
8. Interior of museum
9. Exterior of museum


A number of extremely precious Afghan cultural relics have finished the last leg of their tour in China on Oct. 9 after visiting many different places in the country starting from March 2017.

The treasures, which represent civilizations ranging from Bronze Age to Kushan dynasty and Hellenistic period (323 BC-31 BC), had earlier been put on display in over a dozen countries and regions including Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Britain.

They went on the global tour after surviving the numerous flames of wars in their country, thanks to the life-threatening efforts of generations of people and the unremitting efforts of the National Museum of Afghanistan.

Since the 1980s, the worsening situation in Afghanistan posed a great threat to the ancient civilization. The areas around the National Museum was often the target of rocket attacks. In order to protect the cultural relics, the National Museum planned to move part of the relics to safer places.

Shirazuddin Sifi, member of the restoration department in the National Museum of Afghanistan, said: "Several of our colleagues proposed to the presidential palace to evacuate the cultural relics. They accepted our proposal and asked us to find a safe place. We thought the Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank, is the safest place. Some cultural relics were then moved there."

At the end of the 1980s, the most precious cultural relics were moved to the six coffers in the underground vault of the central bank, including the 4,000-year-old gold and silver wares and the more than 20,000 2,000-year-old gold jewelries and the exotic goods along the route of the ancient Silk Road.

Luckily these relics have survived the flames of civil wars and robberies and the damage by Talibans.

The coffers of the central bank was not opened until May 2004, when the relics began to see the light of day. People were surprised to find that these relics have been preserved well. The relics restorers witnessed the historic moment.

"About 20 people came to the underground vault, including the relics diggers, some foreigners, some workers from the National Museum of Afghanistan, some from Afghan National Security Forces and workers that kept the key to the underground vault. They were also the one who stored the coffers in the vault. They witnessed the opening of the vault," said Najeebullah Assadi, member of the restoration department in the National Museum of Afghanistan.

Many of the survived national treasures began an exhibition tour in many countries starting from 2006 and the exhibition moved to China in 2017.

"The purpose of a world exhibition tour is to show the real Afghanistan, the real history and the rich culture of Afghanistan. This is the goodwill released by the Afghan people to the people of the rest of the world," said Mohammad Fahim Rahimi, curator of the National Museum of Afghanistan.

ID : 8124514

Published : 2019-10-15 20:52

Last Modified : 2019-10-15 22:08:00

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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