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Biblical and other Christian Sogdian texts from the Turfan Collection
Biblical and other Christian Sogdian texts from the Turfan Collectionby Nicholas Sims- WilliamsBrepols Publishers247 p., 17 b/w ill., 210 x 297 mm, 2014ISBN: 978-2-503-55238-5Languages: English...
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The Silk Road: Border Crossing
The Silk Road: Border Crossing duo-lectures / in English and French The Silk Road: Border Crossing is and initiative and experiment of the Belgian Institute for Advanced Chinese Studies in Brussels...
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Maritime Southeast Asia: The View from Tang-Song China
From: Medievalist.net October 16, 2014By Geoffrey GobleNalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Working Paper Series No.16 (2014)Introduction: The following are annotated, critical translations of monographs from the...
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A Westerner in Early Medieval China?
From: Beachcombing'sBizarre History Blog September 5, 2014Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval , trackbackHere is a story that has come out of the Chinese media in the last few days and that has...
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New oracle bone characters discovered in Liaoning
From: China.org.cn October 19, 2014Chinese archaeologists have discovered 34 new characters and glyphs from oracle bones housed in a museum in Lyushun, a city in northeast China's Liaoning...
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Bright-colored murals found in Hunan tomb
From: Chinaculture.org, October 17, 2014Figure paintings were found on the wall of an ancient tomb unearthed in Qunyi village, Wanbao town, Loudi city, Hunan province, Oct 14, 2014....
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Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe...
From:Plosone.org July 22, 2013AbstractPalynomorphs extracted from the mud coffins and plant remains preserved at the archaeological site of Xiaohe Cemetery (Cal. 3980 to 3540 years BP) in Lop Nur...
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Peshawar from the time of Aurel Stein and earlier
From: NativePakistan.com/ Photos of PeshawarGhanta Ghar (Cunningham Clock Tower), Peshawar. It was built in 1900 in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The clock tower was named the...
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Some Qing Dynasty frescoes in a temple near Jia Xian
Helen Wang found a very interesting blog on the internet, called twosmall.ipower.com/blog She made a selection of her own and I liked the following article from October 2013 very much...Some Qing...
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The golden burial mask of Shamsi
From the beautiful blog Tibet Archaeology and all things Tibetan by John Vincent BellazaFig. A. Golden funeral mask of a woman with tattoo-like decorations which represent the trees of life. These...
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Is this the world's oldest secret code?
The Siberian Times 22 October 2014By Anna LiesowskaScientists close to precise dating of the Shigir Idol, twice as ancient as the Egyptian Pyramids.The oldest wooden statue in the world. Picture:...
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1,300 relics seized in Zhejiang's ‘biggest ever’ tomb-raiding case
South China Morning Post 24 October 2014 James GriffithsArchaeologists repair a terracotta portrait discovered in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is unknown how many artifacts have...
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Ancient City Ruled by Genghis Khan's Heirs Revealed
Live Science by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | October 24, 2014 Archaeologists with the Saratov Regional Museum of Local Lore have uncovered part of the ancient city of Ukek, founded by...
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The copper plates from Kollam
using a 9th century legal document to explore the medieval Indian Ocean world A facsimile of the one of the copper plates in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 7, No....
View ArticleAncient coins found in Komering River- South Sumatra/ Indonesia
The Jakarta Post, 27 Oktober 2014Thousands of ancient coins have been discovered by locals in the basin of the Komering River in Negeri Agung, East Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) regency, South Sumatra.The...
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Forgotten realms of the Oxus region
From aBlog called GreenAshby Jeremy Epstein (aka Jaza) 11 Oktober 2014In classical antiquity, a number of advanced civilisations flourished in the area that today comprises parts of Turkmenistan,...
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Maritime Southeast Asia: The View from Tang-Song China
From: Medievalist.net October 16, 2014By Geoffrey GobleNalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Working Paper Series No.16 (2014)Introduction: The following are annotated, critical translations of monographs from the...
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Ruixiang: 'Auspicious Images' at Dunhuang
Prof. Roderick Whitfield (SOAS) Date: 27 November 2014Time: 5:00 PMFinishes: 27 November 2014Time: 6:30 PMVenue: Faber Building, 23/24 Russell SquareRoom:...
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Tangut workshop at Cambridge
From: Chinese manuscripts by Imre GalambosPosted on 10/26/2014 by imreOn 25 September 2014 we held a workshop at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge. The title of...
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Home not only to Priest King
From: Dawn.com By Shazia HasanUpdated Oct 26, 2014 10:25amOne of the two surviving Quran manuscripts transcribed by Iraqi calligrapher Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi.KARACHI: When you think of the museum or...
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