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19/08/2009

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How an ancient stone inscription came to the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul.

Llewelyn Morgan investigates how an ancient stone inscription came to the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul. From August 2009.

Llewelyn Morgan tells the story of how an ancient stone inscription came to the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul. 

The journey that the Rabatak Inscription took is a tale of determination and bravery, passing through the hands of an Afghan warlord called Sayad Jafar Naderi, British archaeologist Jonathan Lee and also the Taliban. It is now the job of Omar Khan Masoudi, director of the National Museum, to keep it safe and reunite it with other Afghan treasures that are currently abroad. 

The programme explores the lengths to which people have gone to protect the archaeological and cultural heritage of Afghanistan, and the role that history may play in the country's future.

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