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Ancient Asian artefacts under the hammer in UK
Watch VideoPlay VideoFrom a rare Buddhist temple step to ancient Indian and Islamic artefacts, one auction house in London is causing quite a stir with their new lots.This is the first time a...
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Huns and the Central Plains
Watch VideoPlay VideoThe Beijing World Art Museum is using ancient cultural relics to tell a story of conflict and hard-won unity. The show takes us through the turbulent relations between the nomadic...
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Exhibition on Cultural Exchange and Cooperation between China and Central ＆...
National Museum of China, BeijingDate: May14 - May 20, 2013Venue: Gallery S8Central and Eastern European countries are among the first to have established diplomatic relationships with the People’s...
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The Making of an Imaginary Archaeological Culture
Sino Platonic Papers No. 237, April 2013Kungang (昆岗): The Making of an Imaginary Archaeological Culture Victor H. Mair, University of Pennsylvania, andCheng Fangyi, Tsinghua University This article...
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Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road' Comes To The China...
ULA ILNYTZKY 04/29/13 01:03 PM ET EDT Huffington PostRead moreChina Institute , Buddhist Art , Buddhist Art China Institute , Buddhist Art Nyc , Buddhist Cave Art , Buddhist Cave Art Exhibition ,...
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Protests halt excavation on ancient mausoleum
English.news.cn 2013-05-14 09:43:56 A stone Tianlu is seen outside what is thought to be the tomb of Chen Qian, the second emperor of the Chen Dynasty (AD 557-589). Tianlu is a mythical...
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Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road
Dunhuang:Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk RoadApril 19 – July 21, 2013Dunhuang, the western gateway to China, is one of the world's most esteemed art shrines and cultural heritage...
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A Chinese Threat to Afghan Buddhas
Afghan mine delays at ancient site delight archaeologistsRenegotiation of contract with Chinese company mean more time for dig at former Buddhist settlementEmma Graham-Harrison in Mes AynakThe...
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The Calligraphy of Wang Xizhi
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013The Calligraphy of Wang XizhiAbove: Or.8210/S.3753 — British Library manuscript featuring copies of no. 3 (Longbao tie 龍保帖) and no. 8 (Zhanjin tie 瞻近帖) from Wang Xizhi’s...
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The achievements of Sino-Kenyan Cooperative Archeological project in Kenyan...
From: Chinese Archaeology Date: 21-5-2013Since China and Kenya enjoy a time-honored history of contacts, and for promoting China and Africa exchanges, exploring the history, and investigating Chinese...
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Chinese gift from Mongolian Khan Mongke to Franciscan Friar William of...
In Jerusalem's old city, a sacred treasure trove goes on display From: Haaretz, Friday, May 31, 2013Jerusalem's Franciscan friars have been custodians of the Holy Land's religious artifacts for some...
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Kazakhstan archaeologists discover Saka princess tomb
Source: Tengri News KazakhstanKazakhstan archaeologists have found a tomb of a “Saka princess”, Tengrinews.kz reports citing head of the expedition TImur Smagulov.The tomb of a Saka princess was found...
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Mes Aynak: Afghanistan's Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction
Mes Aynak, a magnificent Buddhist city, is the most important archaeological discovery in a generation. But it is sitting on a vast copper deposit and is about to be destroyedSource: The...
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2,500-year-old tombs on the Pamirs Plateau and sun-worshiping ?
Pamirs Plateau tombs indicate sun worshippingFrom: Xinhua/ Chinese Archeology Writer: Date:2013-6-8Chinese archaeologists have started excavating a cluster of tombs on the Pamirs Plateau that are...
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Digital reincarnation for Dunhuang's Buddhist art
Photo - AFP/Ed JonesSource: Times of OmanInching their cameras along a rail inside the chamber, specialists use powerful flashes to light up paintings of female Buddhist spirits drawn more than 1,400...
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Ancient Murals discovered from the Northern Qi Dynasty
Four men blow into long horns at the entranceway into a 1,500-year-old tomb chamber, located on the south wall. The mural tomb likely held a military commander and his wife in what is now Shuozhou...
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Ancient burial site found in Bukhara
An ancient burial site was discovered during the renovation of the mosque Kuji Khonako in Bukhara12.06.13 19:16Ancient burial site found in BukharaNine unidentified burial tombstones have been found...
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Saka Princess tomb-chest
The burial site of the high ranking young woman was discovered during reconstruction of the Taskesken- Bakty road in the Urdzhar regionThe Saka Princess headgear and the stone altar are clearly visible...
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Latest book over the Silk Road by James Millward
The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)James A. Millward (Author) James A. Millward is Professor of Intersocietal History at the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at...
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Tibet in the Yuan Dynasty Archive on "Memory of the World Register"
Picture shows the History of the Yuan Dynasty, which records the Central Government’s establishment of the Xuanzheng Council.BEIJING 21 June 2013 - China's official archives relating to Tibet in the...
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