Retour Zijderoute- Silk Road Vice Versa
Silk Road Vice Versa‘Silk Road Vice Versa’ is a modern-day expedition to the old Silk Road region of Central Asia, organized to coincide with the exhibition Expedition Silk Road- Treasures from the...
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Wind and Snow in the Fir Pines
Relax Like You Are in 12th-Century China and Take in These Lush Landscape PaintingsWhen the Confucian elite got stressed, they'd stare at nature paintings to recharge and renew their soulsBy Kirstin...
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Mystery Surrounding Lost Army of Persian King Cambyses II May Have Been Solved
From: www.sci-news.com 19 June 2014 by Enrico de LazaroProf Olaf Kaper, an archaeologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands, believes he may have solved one of the greatest mysteries in ancient...
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Silk Road successfully listed as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage
Source: CCTV.com June 21, 2014Part of the millennium-old trade route, the Silk Road has been successfully included into the UNESCO World Heritage list at the 38th session of the World Heritage...
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Humans have been changing Chinese environment for 3,000 years
Ancient levee system set stage for massive, dynasty-toppling floodsSource: Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom June 18, 2014By Gerry EverdingKnown as the “cradle of Chinese civilization,” the...
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Tomb of Zhang Qian also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage
Photo taken on June 21, 2014 shows the Tomb of Zhang Qian in Chenggu County of Hanzhong, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Zhang Qian (ca. 164 BC - 114 BC) was an influential diplomat of China's...
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Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood by Justin Marozzi- 2 Book Reviews
Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood by Justin Marozzi, review: 'alive to nuance'A gripping new history portrays Baghdad as a city of splendour – until the 20th century brought violence on a new...
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Sai Kung rock may hold key to To Kwa Wan relics’ history
Source: South China Morning Post 13 June 2014 by Fanny W.Y. FungChinese historian Ho Koon-wan explains the inscription dating back to the Song Dynasty. The declared monument in Sai Kung is the oldest...
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The Black Presence in Early China
Source: Atlanta Black Star June 20, 2014 | Posted by Runoko Rashidi What of the African presence in early China? Have there been Black people in China? If so, what became of them? What happened to the...
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Ruins of Kherlen Bar (from the Khitan period) to be restored
Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Mongolia and State Administration of Cultural Heritage signed a cooperation agreement to restore and repair the ruins of an ancient urban settlement Kherlen...
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4,000-Year-Old Burial with Chariots Discovered in South Caucasus
From: Livescience.com by Owen Jarus June 25, 2014Here, the roof of a 4,000-year-old burial chamber buried in a Kurgan (mound) in the country of Georgia.Credit: Photo courtesy Zurab MakharadzeView full...
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One of the world's first banknotes
From IDPWEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014One of the world's first banknotesPaper money originated in China and flourished along the Silk Routes. One of the earliest surviving banknotes was found in the lost...
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The Mongol War Machine: How were the Mongols able to forge the largest...
Source: Medievalists.net June 25, 2012By Matthew BarnesPublications in Contemporary Affairs (2009)Introduction: In the early 13th century a young Mongol chieftain called Temujin united the nomadic...
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Scientists reveal a suspected Bronze Age murder
(and dental secrets from around 4,000 years ago)By The Siberian Times reporter23 June 2014Power of science brings to life our past from 'unique' skull discovered in a grave northwest of Lake...
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How Did This Ancient Civilization Avoid War for 2,000 Years?
Annalee NewitzProfileAnnalee NewitzFrom: IO9.com June 24, 2014 Filed to: SECRET HISTORYHARAPPAINDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATIONHISTORYARCHAEOLOGYANTHROPOLOGYSCIENCEShare to KinjaShare to FacebookShare to...
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Kuipwagen in Mongolia (some good photo's)
It is not very often that people travel through Mongolia, make a lot of good quality pictures and put them on the internet with a good description about where and how.An exception are Coen en Marijke...
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Tang Dynasty ceramic unearthed at Central Java excavation site
The Jakarta Post | Thursday June 26 2014Ancient treasure: Samudi, a worker at an archeological dig site, shows fragments of Tang Dynasty ceramics dating from the 9th to 10th century, at the Liyangan...
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Buddha and the Book
From: University of Cambridge/ News/ 28 May 2014Some of the world’s oldest Sanskrit and Buddhist manuscripts – and a gift from the 13th Dalai Lama – go on display from today at the Museum of...
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Mogao Grottoes cap the number of visitors on site
For a video about this subject, click HERE CNTV.com 1 July 2014The Mogao Grottoes is a UNESCO world heritage site with a history of 1,600 years. The grottoes attract countless visitors from around...
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