HAIBAK ROCK CHAMBER

سمنگان‎ (ولسوالی آیبک - AF)
36.250000,68.000000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified -cave- (man-made rock-cut chamber) excavated from hard grey limestone somewhere south of Haibak (Aybak, N36°15'55“: E068°01'00“) was seen through an archaeologist's lens (COON 1957a: 231).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Coon, Carlton Stevens 1957a: 231, 1957b.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1954.03.25: Dr. Carlton Stevens COON (1957a, 1957b) and Mrs. (=Elizabeth 'Lisa' K. Ralph), Henry 'Hank' W. Coulter jr. (geologist) and Mohammed Nader Saweri Khan (inspector of the Antiquities Department of the Ministry of Education, Kabul) visited in company with the mayor of Aybak. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
2.0TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 5, Haibak Vihara (Cave at)
2.0TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 1: tunnelcave 1 (Cave at)
2.0TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 3: monolithic house (Cave at)
2.0TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 4: rock chambers (Caves at)
2.0Takht-e Rostam (Cave at) [Rudaba's Apartment Cave]
2.0TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 1: tunnelcave 2 (Cave at)
3.5KAFTAR KHANA, Haibak
12.5KOKJAR (Cave at)
19.7KARA KAMAR, Sarqia-i- Afghania 1