The Begram Hoard: Treasures of the Silk Road

The Ancients

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🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In the mid-20th century French archaeologists came across a remarkable collection of ancient items from Eastern China, the Indian subcontinent and the Roman Mediterranean, all in one place. In this second episode about Begram, Tristan is once again joined by the University of Freiburg’s Lauren Morris, who takes us into the details of the lacquerwares, ivory furniture, bronzes and glassware. Lauren and Tristan then explore what the hoard tells us about the global nature of this area in Central Asia during its golden age in the 1st - 4th centuries AD.

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0:00.0	It's the Entrance on History Hit.
0:05.6	I'm Tristan Hughes, your host, and in today's podcast where we are continuing our discussion
0:10.4	with Lauren Morris from Fryberg University all about ancient Begrum about the Begrum
0:17.9	Horde.
0:18.9	This incredible ancient set of objects discovered in the mid-20th century, which includes
0:23.3	some objects created in ancient eastern China, lack of airs from eastern China, but also
0:29.6	objects from the Indian subcontinent and also some from the Roman Mediterranean.
0:35.0	All together at this place south of the Hindu Kush in modern day Afghanistan really emphasizes
0:42.8	the global nature of ancient history.
0:46.4	This was a fascinating chat in this podcast.
0:49.1	We go into the detail of the objects in this Horde, why it is so incredible, what we know
0:55.5	from this incredible set of ancient objects.
0:58.9	So that further we do, here's Lauren.
1:03.6	Lauren, it is wonderful to have you back on the podcast.
1:08.8	Thank you so much for having me again.
1:10.6	No problem at all.
1:11.6	Last time we looked at the background of Begrum in antiquity going up to the Begrum Horde
1:16.8	itself.
1:17.8	I'm going to really delve into the Horde itself and some of the objects in this Horde.
1:23.5	I mean, first of all, just to really clarify Lauren, as you have said in the previous
1:27.9	podcast, but once again, this Horde is an extraordinary set of objects and we've got
1:32.0	objects stretching from the Mediterranean to eastern China to the Indian subcontinent.
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