Interview Twenty Two
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Esfandiari, Aziz
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content: National Museum of Afghanistan Oral Histories
unitdate: label: Date
content: August 20, 2024
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: FSA.A2024.03, File 22
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content: Archival materials
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content: This session focuses on the Mes Aynak archaeological site. Mr. Masoudi discusses its geography and interest in copper and iron deposits, the various sites of excavation around the Mes Aynak mountain, the ceramics and coins found there; statues and sculptures; exhibition and publication of the objects found at Mes Aynak; legal and illegal excavations; and similarities to other sites.