Tillya Tepe is an archaeological site in northern Afghanistan near Sheberghan, in the ancient region of Bactria. It was surveyed in 1979 by a Soviet-Afghan mission of archaeologists led by Victor Sarianidi. They found a total of around 20,000 gold ornaments in six graves thought to date to around the 1st century BCE – 1st … Continue reading Tillya Tepe – bejeweled weapon. Tomb 4, male burial