Sar-i Sang

Sar Sang
Sar Sang Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°12′36″N 70°47′36″E / 36.21°N 70.79333°E / 36.21; 70.79333Coordinates: 36°12′36″N 70°47′36″E / 36.21°N 70.79333°E / 36.21; 70.79333
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Badakhshan Province
Time zone	+ 4.30

Sar Sang is a settlement in the Kuran Wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, famous for its ancient lapis lazuli mines producing the world's finest lapis.^[1]

Lapis lazuli mines

Sar-i Sang lapis lazuli mine, probably dating from proto-historic times. It consists of one old disused shaft and two new shafts. This was the main source of lapis lazuli in the ancient world, with lapis from here occurring in such famous archaeological discoveries as the Royal Treasure of Ur and the Tomb of Tutankhamun.^[2]

See also

• Lapis lazuli
• Mount Imeon

References

1. ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
2. ^ Warwick Ball, 2008, 'The Monuments of Afghanistan: History, Archaeology and Architecture': 261, London.

• Warwick Ball, 2008, 'The Monuments of Afghanistan: History, Archaeology and Architecture': 261, I.B. TAURIS, London, ISBN 978 1 85043 436 8.
• Warwick Ball, 1982, 'Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan': Volume I: 1001. SAR-I SANG, Editions Recherche sur les civilisations, Paris, ISBN 2 86538 040 8
• Sarah Stone, 'LAPIS LAZULI in pursuit of a celestial stone', EAST and WEST PUBLISHING LTD, London, 2010, ISBN 978-1-907318-030

External links

• Satellite map at Maplandia.com
• Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan by Peter Bancroft, Sar-e-Sang Mine, Jurm, Afghanistan