The town that gave a whole civilization its name.
Harappa, Sahiwal District, Pakistan Founded 1926
Harappa was the first Indus city to be excavated, in the 1920s, which is why the whole Indus civilization is often called the Harappan civilization. The site museum was set up in 1926 beside the mounds.
Its cases hold seals, beads, bangles, figurines and painted pottery, and a walk around the site takes you past granaries, workshops and the cemetery of a city that flourished more than 4,000 years ago.
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Buddhist treasures from the valley of Udyana.
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Akbar's citadel, Shah Jahan's Palace of Mirrors.
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A pink stone palace by the Arabian Sea.
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The life of the Buddha, told in Gandhara stone.
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Persepolis, Susa and seven thousand years of Persia.
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Nefertiti, rebuilt from the ruins of war.
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Tutankhamun's full treasure, beside the Pyramids of Giza.
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The Parthenon's treasures, in sight of the Parthenon.