In the legends and myths of various peoples, ancient written sources, and classical literature, there was often mention of an amazing and very wealthy gold-bearing country located in the East – Bactria. Manuscripts from Mesopotamia and India report that lapis lazuli was mined in the mountains of Bactria (Badakhshan), from which jewelry and seals were made as early as the 3rd millennium BC. Badakhshan lapis lazuli was even found in items from Tut…
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