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Maritime Silk road Sailing Far and Wide on the Sea
China Daily, 26 April 2014Chinese ancient art does not always feature Chinese characteristics. The art can be western with carefully carved western faces or decorated patterns, due to cultural...
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Inside the hidden chamber
From: The News on Sunday (Pakistan)Ijlal Hussainpur April 20, 20142 CommentsThe fact that Naupur provides a unique insight into Buddhist history is forgotten both by the government and the localsNaupur...
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Buddha's World Exhibition in Cambridge
Buddha’s Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond28 May 2014 – 17 January 2015Li Ka Shing GalleryBuddha’s Word is the first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge. It is also the first time in...
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IDP Lectures: Silk on the Silk Road
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014Silk on the Silk Road was an afternoon of lectures by scholars, curators and conservators held on the 11 April 2004 as part of IDP’s 20th anniversary celebrations at the British...
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Crescent And Animal Motifs in Central Asia
Study of Crescent And Animal Motifs in Central Asia – Nadia Hamid17donderdagapr 2014Toegevoegd door retourzijderoute in Resultaten van de onderzoeksweek bij de Hermitage≈ Een reactie...
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Ancient trees suggest Genghis Khan's success was built on grass
Period of warmth and rain, revealed in the rings of centuries-old pines, carpeted Central Asia's steppes with grass for conqueror's horsesSouth Sunday Morning Post : Sunday, 11 May, 2014Sarah...
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Street remains found at Upper-Capital site of Liao Dynasty
Source：Chinese Archaeology March 27, 2014The Upper-Capital site of Liao Dynasty is located at Lindong town, Bairin Left Banner in Inner Mongolia. Covering an area of 5 square km, it was built into a...
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The Diamond Sutra on display: Text panel 1
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014The Diamond Sutra on display: Text panel 1The whole text of the earliest dated printed book — the Diamond Sutra — will be on display at the British Library for the first time over...
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Greek Influence on Buddha Sculptures along the Silk Road
Greek Influence on Buddha Sculptures along the Silk Road, beginning from 5AD until the Islamic Influence – Eren Ҫam30zondagmrt 2014Toegevoegd door retourzijderoute in Introductie onderzoek≈ Een reactie...
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Ancient Buddha statues found in north China
Over 1,000 ancient Buddha statues have been found in north China's Shanxi Province, a local cultural relics protection department said on Friday.The Buddha statues were found in three stone caves in a...
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Mongolian Grandmother Transcribes Secret history of the Mongols
Chinanews.com April 23, 2014By Wu Yao and Yu LipingEditor: Amanda WuErdengsubuda, a 78-year old Mongolian woman, transcribes a book with an ink brush at her home in Abag Banner, a county under the...
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Silk Road Textiles lecture tonight in Bristol
From 14/05/2014 18:30 To 14/05/2014 20:00The BRISTOL SOCIETY for the ARTS of ASIAhttp://www.artsofasia.org.ukWednesday 14th May, 6.30 to 8 p.m.Helen Persson, Curator, Chinese Textiles & Dress,...
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De Rome à la Chine sur les routes de la Soi au temps des Césars
HISTOIREDE ROME À LA CHINE. SUR LES ROUTES DE LA SOIE AU TEMPS DES CÉSARSJean-Noël RobertÉditeur : BELLES LETTRES432 pages /28,03 € surRésumé : Une histoire connectée de l’Antiquité, entre Empire...
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A review of Rashīd al-Dīn and the Making of History in Mongol Iran
From: Dissertationreviews.orgA review of Rashīd al-Dīn and the Making of History in Mongol Iran, by Stefan T. Kamola.To dedicate a PhD dissertation to a man like Rashīd al-Dīn (d. 1317) is risky...
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Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript
From: The Public Domain reviewWe came across these mysterious fragments of manuscript in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art digital collections which list them only as being from an “Unknown...
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Sichuan man finds Song dynasty relic with his pee
Want China Times 1 May 2014 The ceramic figurineA man in Sichuan province discovered a ceramic figurine dating back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)...
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Kungang in the Valley of the Giants (Xinjiang Region)
Meeting mummy in the valley of the giantsBy Cui Jia and Gao Bo (China Daily) 14 May 2014The skeleton of a young woman was one of the discoveries at Kungang tomb in Alar in the south of the Xinjiang...
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17-18 May: Connecting the Silk Road. Trade, People & Social Networks (c....
Leiden University (Leiden Global Interactions - Project ‘Guiding Travelers’) and the Hermitage Amsterdam organize in close collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg the conference...
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The Dunhuang Cave of the Zhai Family
Art, Religion, and Politics in Medieval China: The Dunhuang Cave of the Zhai FamilyNing Qiang Hardcover: 256 pagesPublisher: University of Hawaii Press (31 Mar 2004)Language: EnglishISBN-10:...
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History fades as second century Sphola Stupa continues to crumble
“Most of the damage to it has been at the hands of treasure seekers,” writes Tipu Muhammad Khan in his history book. PHOTO: ABUZAR AFRIDIPESHAWAR: Grass pushes through the stones in places where the...
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