Marco Polo on Netflix
With less than a month before its debut, Netflix has released the first full-length trailer for Marco Polo, its new series retelling the story of the real-life trader and world-traveler from the 13th...
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Important tomb found from the Wu Zetian period
Tomb of China’s woman prime minister: The life and lovers of politician who served first female emperor and was eventually executed in a palace coupBy DAILY MAIL REPORTERPUBLISHED: 11:44 GMT, 12...
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The conservation of the Begram Ivories
http://bri.mu/sO1WTS ivoriesThe remarkable story of conservation and repatriation of the Begram Ivories. Excavated in the 1930s, the ivories were part of the collection of the National Museum of...
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Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology publishes sixth volume
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World- New York Universityby Judith A. Lerner — Nov 24, 2014JIAAA logo In 1995, several enterprising graduate students in the Department of Art and Archaeology at...
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1,700-Year-Old Silk Road Cemetery in Kucha contains Mythical Carvings
LiveScience.com by Owen Jarus November 24, 2014 A cemetery dating back roughly 1,700 years has been discovered along part of the Silk Road, a...
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Who built this Siberian summer palace… and why?
The Siberian Times by Derek Lambie25 November 2014Experts still divided over mysterious 1,300-year-old fortress-like structure located on island in middle of lake.1,300-year-old structure could be a...
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Rayy: from its Origins to the Mongol Invasion
An Archaeological and Historiographical StudyRocco Rante, Aix Marseille Université and Musée du Louvre.In Collaboration with Ghadir AfroundThis book offers a new history of the ancient city of Rayy....
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Cosmopolitisme in the Tang Dynasty: A Chinese Ceramic Figure of a Sogdian...
by Suzanne G. Valenstein ISBN: 978-1-62643-035-8List Price: $44.95Pages: 104Binding: PaperbackPublication Date: 11-17-2014This monograph investigates a Tang-dynasty (618–907) fifteen-inch-high, white...
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China finds oldest gelatine adhesive in the Xiaohe Cemetery
Xinhuanet.com URUMQI, Nov. 28 (Xinjiang) -- Scientists have identified China's oldest adhesive, in the form of gelatine, from a 3,500-year-old ritual staff in a tomb complex known for its...
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Han Purple: A 2,800-year-old artificial pigment that quantum physicists are...
Ancient Origins .net23 NOVEMBER, 2014 - 01:03 APRILHOLLOWAYHan purple is an artificial pigment created by the Chinese over 2,500 years ago, which was used in wall paintings and to decorate the famous...
View ArticleIn ‘Saving Mes Aynak,’ a real-life Indiana Jones fights to protect...
PBS.org BY FRANK CARLSON November 19, 2014Brent Huffman, the director behind the new documentary “Saving Mes Aynak,” tells the story of one of Afghanistan’s archaeological treasures and discusses...
View ArticleChinese ink paintings line the walls of ancient tomb
More news about the tomb of Han Xiu, a scholar and premie minister during the Tang Dynasty.See also an earlier article, named " Precious fresco found in Tang tomb "BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhuanet) --...
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Lecture a.o. with Valerie Hansen about how the world looked around the year...
In the Company of Scholars Lecture Series: “Circa 1000″Lecture by Valerie Hansen, Mary Miller, and Anders WinrothGiven at Yale University on November 18, 2014The first In the Company of Scholars...
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Unearthed relics tell you the extravagant life of rulers
China Daily.com 27 ~November 2014These button-shaped golden ornaments with a ram's horn pattern unearthed from the tomb of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty on Mount Dayunshan. Emperor Jing of Han in 154...
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Dunhuang culture on display in Hong Kong
China Culture. org 1 December 2014A donated portrait of Lady Wang, who was from Taiyuan, at worship.[Photo/lcsd.gov.hk]The exhibition Dunhuang - Untold Tales, Untold Riches was unveiled at the Hong...
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What did people eat in ancient China?
People's Daily Online 3 December 2014Speaking of archaeological discoveries, people usually associate them with historical sites, ancient tombs and unearthed cultural relics. Seldom do people link...
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The Lady with the Phoenix Crown: Tang-Period Grave Goods of the Noblewoman Li...
The Lady with the Phoenix Crown: Tang-Period Grave Goods of the Noblewoman Li Chui (711-736) Hardcover – 29 Sep 2014by Sonja Filip (Editor), Alexandra Hilgner (Editor)Hardcover: 144 pagesPublisher:...
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Archeologists explore ancient ship of Song Dynasty
ChinaCulture.org 5 December 2014Archeologists have started exploring the interiors of the ancient wrecked ship of Song Dynasty "Nanhai Number One".The vessel, 30.4-meter-long and 9.8-meter-wide, was...
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Xinjiang Khotanese Buddhist wall paintings displayed in Shanghai
China Culture.org 4 December 2014An exhibition of Xinjiang Buddhist frescos, Buddhist Vestiges Along the Silk Road: Mural Art from the Damago Site, Hotan, Xinjiang, opened at the Shanghai Museum in...
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Mongolian National Central Archives
Dissertation Reviews .org December 2, 2014 - A review of the National Central Archives (Үндэсний Төв Архив), Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaStrolling around downtown Ulaanbaatar, you may come across the...
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