Ai Khanoum Pillaged. Ai Khanoum, Takhar Province.

1977
The disastrous fires that ended the life of Ai Khanoum centuries ago were as nothing to the systematic plundering and pillaging of the site during recent times after the Soviet invasion in 1978. Villagers with picks and shovels dug deep, cavernous tunnels.
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1977<br />
The disastrous fires that ended the life of Ai Khanoum centuries ago were as nothing to the systematic plundering and pillaging of the site during recent times after the Soviet invasion in 1978. Villagers with picks and shovels dug deep, cavernous tunnels. <br />
Photo: Unknown