Fredrik T. Hiebert is an archaeologist and explorer who has traced
ancient trade routes overland and across the seas for more than 20
years. He has led excavations at ancient Silk Road sites across
Asia, from Egypt to Mongolia and rediscovered the lost "Bactrian
Gold" in Afghanistan in 2004. His excavations at a 4,000-year-old
Silk Road city in Turkmenistan made headlines around the world.
Hiebert joined the National Geographic Society in 2003. He is the
author of The Origins of Oasis Civilization in Central Asia (1994),
A Central Asian Village at the Dawn of Civilization (2006) and
Qal'at al-Bahain- A Trading and Military Outpost (2006).
Pierre Cambon is the chief curator of the Heritage of the
Afghan/Pakistan Section of the Guimet Museum of Asiatic Arts in
Paris, France. He is the editor of two books on the ancient
cultures of Afghanistan- Afghanistan- Une Histoire Millenaire
(2002) and Afghanistan- Les Tresors Retrouves (2007) based on
exhibitions at the Guimet Museum.
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