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A Matter of Life and Death
From: Bento, the Freer- Sackler BlogPosted by Staff on Friday, October 31, 2014Frontal from the base of a funerary couch with Sogdian musicians and dancers and Buddhist divinities;550–77; China; Gift...
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Large amounts of cultural relics discovered in Henan
In the archaeological excavations of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project (MRSNWTP), archaeologists discover a tomb complex in Luohe, Henan, which is very well preserved and can be...
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Splendeurs des Han, essor de l’empire Céleste au Musée Guimet
25 octobre 2014 • Artichaut • Arts PlastiquesCette année, on commémorait le 50ème anniversaire de l’établissement des relations diplomatiques entre la République française et la République populaire de...
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'The Artful Steppe': Photos capture life along the historic Silk Road
Yale News October 31, 2014October 31, 2014The gateways and battlements of Kiva at dawn. (Photo by Karen Polinger Foster)During a May 2014 journey to Central Asia with Yale Educational Travel, faculty...
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The Mongol Empire between Myth and Reality
Author: Denise AigleSubject: Middle East and Islamic Studies›History & CultureMiddle East and Islamic Studies›Sociology & AnthropologyMiddle East and Islamic Studies›Iran & Persian...
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New finds of Prehistoric Art in the Altai Mountains
Archaeologists encounter extraordinary alfresco gallery of prehistoric art in the stunning Altai Mountains, one of the great undiscovered tourist destinations of Siberia- Mountain range in East-Central...
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Silk Road exhibition in National Museum Beijing
National Museum BeijingNovember 6, 2014 - January 5, 2015Galleries S7 and S8Hosted by: Ministry of Culture, China, State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Shaanxi People’s Gover nment, Gansu...
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An Illustrated History of Kazakhstan: Asia's Heartland in Context
An Illustrated History of Kazakhstan: Asia's Heartland in Contextby Jeremy Tredinnick (Author)Hardcover: 200 pagesPublisher: Odyssey Publications (1 Nov 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9622178529This...
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1,000-Year-Old Tomb Reveals Murals, Stars & Poetry
LiveScience.com by Owen Jarus November 11, 2014On the north wall of a 1,000-year-old tomb found recently in Datong City, in northern China, a mural shows shows a cat, dog and attendants in a bedroom...
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Glass dish unearthed in Nara came from Roman Empire
By KAZUTO TSUKAMOTO/ Staff WriterThe Asahi Shimbun, November 13, 2014 KASHIHARA, Nara...
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Ears of Ancient Chinese Terra-Cotta Warriors Offer Clues to Their Creation
Technology yields new insight into how a Chinese emperor produced an army for eternity within his tomb.By Heather Pringle for National Geographic14 November 2014China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang,...
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A 7,000-Year-Old Story in Turkey
Hurriyet Daily News, November 14, 2014Known as the immortal city, 7,000-year-old Misis in the southern province of Adana is coming to light with archaeological work that is revealing the ancient city’s...
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Alumnus Uncovers Ancient Medicine Along Silk Road
Bastyr University, Thursday, October 30, 2014 Sean Bradley, ND, MSAOM, traces the path of medicinal myrrh from Arabia to China with a renowned Smithsonian scholar.Sean Bradley holds jar of myrrh, used...
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New Discoveries on 14th Century Blue-and-White Ware
Manila, Philippines – Chinese ceramic expert, May Huang, is coming to Manila to talk on the recently discovered blue-and-white shards from downtown Jingdezhen in China. The lecture, New Discoveries on...
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Earliest letters home on show in Hubei Museum
China Daily, 5 November 2014The earliest letters home are on exhibit at the Yunmeng Xiangshan Museum in Xiaogan, Hubei province, Nov 2, 2014. [Photo/IC]The two letters, inscribed on wooden tablets,...
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Tang Dynasty offices discovered in Daming Palace excavation
China Daily 17 November 2014The excavation team member works on the site of the ruins of Daming Palace. Provided to China DailyChinese archaeologists recently found in the ruins of Daming Palace what...
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New Liao and Jin evidence in the Jilin province
China Daily By Wang Zhen ( ejilin.gov.cn ) 2014-11-18Archaeologists say that there are startling implications in discoveries made over the past two years at the well-preserved Chengsijiazi site,...
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Looted, recovered, returned: new research on the Begram ivories
The British Museum BlogNovember 14, 2014 by St J Simpson, curator, British MuseumA seated figure in mid-conversation. © National Museum of AfghanistanA major new book, illustrated in full colour, has...
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Precious fresco found in Tang tomb
English People.cn 19 November 2014According to news released by Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology on Nov. 18, 2014, the excavation of the joint tomb of Chancellor Han Xiu and his wife of Tang...
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Excavation Hong Kong links to the tragic tale of the Song era's last young...
South China Morning Post 2 June 2014Fanny W. Y. Fung Legend has it that when Mongol invaders captured the Song dynasty capital of Lin'an, loyal ministers fled with their seven-year-old emperor, Shi,...
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