In the past and today, the most coveted rocks of lapis lazuli are mined in modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan, although it ...

Shaped by both politics and geography, Greenland and Afghanistan have become two major frontiers in the global scramble for ...

Lapis lazuli, often called the "blue gold," is a gemstone mined primarily in the rugged mountains of Badakhshan, northeastern Afghanistan. For over 6,000 years, its unique beauty and symbolism ...

In 1978, a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist ... carnelian, and lapis lazuli. Scholars believe the graves were of six wealthy Asian nomads, five women and ...