Tillya tepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa (Persian: طلا تپه‎ ‎ ) or (literally "Golden Hill" or "Golden Mound") is an archaeological site in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan near Sheberghan, excavated in 1978 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Greek-Russian archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi, a year before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The hoard is often known as the Bactrian gold.
the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan near Sheberghan is not easy to get into so it was a big deal