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These Are The World's Oldest Pants
BRUCE BOWER, SCIENCE NEWSMAY 31, 2014, M. Wagner/German Archaeological InstituteROUGH RIDERS The oldest known trousers, including this roughly 3,000-year-old pair with woven leg decorations, belonged...
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Villager dipped his fishing net in the river and caught a 4,000 year old...
The Siberian Times By Anna Liesowska24 May 2014Siberian driver Nikolay Tarasov makes a precious Bronze Age catch.'At the last second I looked at it more closely - and I saw a face'. Picture: Tisul...
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Conference: Prospects for the Study of Dunhuang Manuscripts: The Next 20 Years
Conference at Princeton UniversitySeptember 6-8, 2014The conference is free and open to the public, though advance registration is required.Click Here To Register by August 15, 2014Co-sponsored...
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Echoes of the past : Relics dating back to 190 BC unearthed in archaeological...
From: Tribune.com.pkBy Hidayat KhanPublished: June 2, 2014Share this articlePrint this pageEmailThe excavation site at Koi Tangay Kandaray area in Mian Khan village. PHOTOS COURTESY: AWKUMPESHAWAR:...
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1,000-year-old Arab ship found in Thailand
1,000-year old Arab ship found under shrimp farmBangkok Post 3 Jun 2014 Buried under their shrimp farm in Samut Sakhon, villagers discover a 1,000 year-old Arab ship from the Dvaravati period...
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Lost Enlightenment: central Asia’s golden age from the Arab conquest to...
Event Date: 27 May 2014 Royal Asiatic Society Stephenson Way London NW1 2HDThe Royal Asiatic Society presents:Book LaunchLost Enlightenment: central Asia’s golden age from the Arab conquest to...
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Chingis Khan rides West
Chapter 5 and 8 from a new book by Don Croner"Chingis Khan rides West"The March from Otrar and the Fall of Bukhara The Flight of the Khwarezmshah.
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Sensational discovery by Azerbaijani historian
By AzerNews 6 May 2014The famous Issyk inscription found in 1969 is not the only example of the Scythian-Saka written language.The news was announced by employee of the Azerbaijan's Archaeology and...
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More news about the end of the Song Dynasty
This article is from the South China Morning Post May 2014Legend has it that when Mongol invaders captured the Song dynasty capital of Lin'an, loyal ministers fled with their seven-year-old emperor,...
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Maritime Silk road Exhibition "Sailing Far and Wide on the Sea"
Exhibition in Beijing highlights Fujian's role in Maritime Silk RoadUpdated: 04 Jun 2014Share this news?...Click box Read more on Fujian Museum Zheng He Maritime Silk Road Zheng He...
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3,200 year-old trousers found in Silk Road graves
Dating to around 3200 years old, the trousers come from a time when the first warriors on horseback appeared in the steppes of Eurasia. © M. Wagner Article from Past Horizons, June 7, 2014160001Arecent...
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MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014BD02745《無量壽宗要經》GUEST POST AUTHOR: LIU BOLiu Bo is Manager of IDP China at the National Library of China, and currently a visiting fellow at Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard...
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"Silk Road Fashion: Clothes as a means of communication in the 1st millennium...
From the site of DAI- Deutsches Archäologische InstitutThe project “Silk Road Fashion” seeks to open a dialogue with 3000-year old clothing once worn in eastern central AsiaInterdisciplinary...
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Buddha's begging Bowl
It’s not ‘Buddha’s’ begging bowlThe Hindu, June 8, 2014The HinduThe begging bowl in a museum in Afghanistan, which is believed to be that of Buddha's . File photo: Special...
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The Siberian jaw that could unlock our genetic secrets - first exclusive picture
By The Siberian Times reporter10 June 2014Unique Paleolithic prize for scientists, a jaw of an early human who 'feasted on woolly mammoth' - but may have been cannibalised. 'This jaw is really unique...
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The spread of Buddhism in Central Asia- Jonathan Silk
The spread of Buddhism in Central Asia Jonathan Silk As a part of the exhibition in the Hermitage in Amsterdam " Expedition Silk Road" Jonathan Silk gave a lecture on "Buddhism on the Silk Routes" on...
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Construction of Zheng He ship replica put on hold
A replica of an ancient ship used by Zheng He (1371-1433) to traverse to the Indian Ocean. The five-story, 71.1-meter-long wooden replica is capable of making a high sea voyage. Song Qiao / for China...
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Cluster of ancient Han tombs found in E. China
NANJING, June 14 -- Archaeologists have discovered more than 100 Eastern Han Dynasty(24-220 AD) tombs in east China's Jiangsu Province.The graves in Pizhou City are mostly two meters long and a meter...
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The Mythos of the One-Eyed Man in Greek and Inner Asian Thought
From: Sino-Platonic Papers No. 249 june 2014Preface Arimaspians and Cyclopes:The Mythos of the One-Eyed Man in Greek and Inner Asian Thought Jonathan RatcliffeMonash University, Melbourne, Australia...
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Scientists to map out Loulan
Source: Ancient Origins 18 june 2014 by April Holloway18 JUNE, 2014 - 23:30 APRILHOLLOWAYScientists to map out vast ancient Chinese city of LoulanA team of Chinese scientists have plans to undertake a...
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