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Historical fiction novel about Mandukhai Khatun
Manduchai - Die letzte Kriegerköniginvon Tanja Kinkel Gebundene Ausgabe: 592 SeitenVerlag: Droemer HC (1. September 2014)Sprache: DeutschISBN-10: 3426199661RomanAsien im 15. Jahrhundert: In einer Zeit...
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Scientists to recreate 2,300 year old brain surgery after finding evidence of...
The Siberian Times By Anna Liesowska17 September 2014Did ancient Siberians know about the Hippocratic teachings of Ancient Greece? And if so, how?Scythian dentist at work. Electrum vase from Kul-Oba...
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Age-old Indian manuscripts soon to be an online read
The Hindu, 13 September 2014 T. RAMAKRISHNANThousands of rare and original palm-leaf and paper manuscripts at the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library here will soon be available to the public at...
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Imre Galambos and Sam van Schaik on tour in Cambridge this autumn
The Ancient India & Iran Trust holds a number of lectures open to the general public from a variety of speakers during each academic term. Unless otherwise stated, these lectures are held at 23...
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Multi burial rooms found in Wutulan Tombs in Xinjiang
From: English.People.com September 17, 2014 The excavation of Wutulan Tombs conducted by Xinjiang Cultural Relics Bureau ended on September 15, 2014. Multi burial rooms were discovered for the first...
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The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History
The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History by Rian ThumHardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: Harvard University Press (October 13, 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0674598555For 250 years, the Turkic Muslims of...
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Film about the Panjakent expedition by Marianna Bakonina
"The Forgotten Kingdom" d / f the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage«Забытое царство» д/ф К 250-летию Государственного ЭрмитажаA film about the Panjakent expedition by Marianna Bakonina (in the...
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Crumbling tower in ancient Mongolian ruins offers clues about Khitan history
The Asahi Shimbun, September 19, 2014 The ruined tower in the fortified settlement of Kherlen Bars in June (Provided by Tetsuo Shoji) Japanese researchers who made the first...
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Han relics on show in Paris
China Daily, 15/7/2014By Lin Qi (China Daily)Valuable Chinese relics are to be exhibited in France, giving European visitors a glimpse of the rich traditions of the Han Dynasty. Lin Qi reports.It is...
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Ancient City in Mongolian Grasslands Preserved in Digital Scans
Located a mere 4 hours away by air from Kansai International Airport in Japan is Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. Just 400km west of that is Karakorum – a city designated as the capital of the...
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The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps
BY MEDIEVALISTS.NET– SEPTEMBER 24, 2014POSTED IN: NEWS A set of documents, brought to United States by an Italian immigrant, may reveal new details about Marco Polo’s travels in Asia, including that he...
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'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix
LA Times, September 19, 2014By Julie MakinenAt its peak more than 800 years ago, the realm of the Mongols stretched from central Europe to China, from Siberia to the Indian subcontinent, encompassing...
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Scythian names and words on ancient Greek vases
This Greek cup, dating from around 510 B.C., depicts an Amazon warrior on a horse. Scholars suggest wording on the vase names the woman Worthy of Armor in ancient Circassian.PHOTOGRAPH BY THE J. PAUL...
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient Worldby Adrienne Mayor Hardcover: 536 pagesPublisher: Princeton University Press (9 Sep 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10:...
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China's largest ancient nomadic (Liao Dynasty) campsite unearthed
Xinhua 25 September 2014The remains of an ancient campsite for nomadic emperors from the Liao Dynasty (907—1125) has been unearthed in China, archaeologists said.The campsite, found in Qian’an county...
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Sogdian burial funeral and religious and cultural image
Sogdian burial funeral and religious and cultural imageby SUN WU JUN Language: ChinesePages: 257Publisher: China Social Sciences Press (February 1, 2014)ISBN-10:...
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The Legendary Tombs of Mawangdui - Art and Life in China during the second...
From 3 July 2014 to 16 February 2015will be presented, for the first time in Italy in the halls of the Refectory of the fifteenth-century Palazzo Venezia, an exhibition that tells the time of the Han...
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Getty Institute helps save China's Mogao Grottoes from tourism's impact
LA Times 27 September 2014The Getty Conservation Institute's 25-year partnership with Dunhuang Academy is the institution's longest-running project. (Neville Agnew / The J. Paul Getty Trust)Hewn by...
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Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy and The Yuan Legacy
Detail, Hostelry in the Mountains, mid- to late 12th century; Yan Ciyu, (Chinese, active 1160s-1180s); Southern Song dynasty; Ink and color on silk; China; Purchase F1935.10Style in Chinese Landscape...
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The Traveler's Eye: Scenes of Asia
Detail from Kawasaki station, from Fifty-three Stations Along the Tokaido (Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi)The Traveler's Eye: Scenes of AsiaNovember 22, 2014–May 31, 2015Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Washington...
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