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...Amsterdam exhibition presents 250 objects from four archaeological sites - Tepe Fullol, Ai Khanum, Tillya-tepe, and Begram - dating back as far as 4,000 years ago. It includes gold and silver vases from the Bactrian Bronze Age; a Greek limestone pillar and sundials from the 2nd century BC; Indian-related ivory figures and furniture from the 1st century AD; and a spectacular gold collection from Tillya-Tepe that includes bracelets, hearts, a crown, and even a pair of golden shoe soles meant to convey an aristocrat's disinclination for walking...
...frozen semen and oocytes, or developing egg cells--is expected to be applied later this year to rare and endangered deer species, with more common types acting as surrogate mothers. The French are also talking with colleagues in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan about how they may help rebuild populations of Bactrian (Bukharian) deer in Central Asia. "Basically, we're hoping to give them our recipe," says Mauget...
Scholars theorize that the civilization being investigated, called Bactrian, may have been a "crossroads" on the Silk Road between China and Mesopotamia...
...ancient times, came under the influence of numerous cultures: Indian, Mongolian, Parthian (a Persian people), nomadic (from the Eurasian steppes) and even Roman. All collided with the Hellenistic Greek domination of Alexander the Great, who conquered Bactria in 331 B.C., and his Seleucid successors. Two centuries later, the Greco-Bactrian kingdom was overrun by nomadic groups, among them the Parthians, Saka from the steppes and five Central Asiatic tribes called the Yiieh-Chih...
King Everest slides down a metal slope on skis-on his hands. Madame Gena puts a ring full of camels through high-stepping Bactrian high jinks. Unus performs the impossible on one finger atop a light globe. Harold Alzana teeters through several near falls on his 40-ft. high wire. And the Zacchinis, their cannon now billed as "atomic," are launched in a flash of gun powder into a safety net and "recovered in time for the next countdown." Newest star is blonde Evelyn Currie, 20, who is appearing with Ringling Bros...