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What did Empress Wu Zetian look like?
China Culture.org 7 January 2015The TV drama The Empress of China is hot among audiences recently. Actress Fan Bingbing, who plays the role of Empress Wu Zetian, is a fabulous beauty. What did Wu...
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News about the tomb of Genghis Khan
Has Genghis Khan's tomb beeen spotted from SPACE? Online 'explorers' narrow down the location of the grave using satellite images Final resting place of Mongol leader has remained a secret for 800...
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Getting to know Sogdian: Part Two
You may have missed Part One, if so, click HEREFrom: Arash ZeiniA predominantly bibliographic blog for Iranian StudiesMajor epigraphyBy Adam BenkatoIn part one, we discussed the various scripts used...
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Chinese archaeologists find 2,800-year old burial of chariots and horses
Dating back to the turbulent Spring and Autumn Period, the tombs evidently belonged to high-ranking nobles. By Reuters and Ruth Schuster| Jan. 7, 2015 |Haaretz.com January 7, 2015Archaeologists...
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China's earliest musical instrument discovered in Hubei
China Daily January 7, 2015Cultural relics of musical instruments have been unearthed from a complex of tombs possiblydating back thousands of years in Zaoyang city, Central China's Hubei province, on...
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Across the Ocean: Nine Essays on Indo-Mediterranean Trade
Across the Ocean: Nine Essays on Indo-Mediterranean TradeEdited by Federico De Romanis, Universita di Roma “Tor Vergata” and Marco Maiuro, Columbia UniversityFederico De Romanis is Associate Professor...
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Marco Polo's Guide to Afghanistan
With the new Netflix series Marco Polo still running, it's a good moment and look back with me to a journey, not so long ago:Two Americans retrace the steps of the 13th-century Italian merchant through...
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Rapid Desert Formation May Have Destroyed China's 1st Kingdom
by Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor | January 05, 2015The first known Chinese kingdom may have been destroyed when its lands rapidly transformed into deserts, possibly driving its people...
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The frustrating hunt for Genghis Khan’s long-lost tomb just got a whole lot...
The Washington Post By Terrence McCoy January 8, 2014 A portrait of Mongolian chieftain Genghis Khan belonging to Taiwan’s National Palace Museum. (AP Photo/National Palace Museum)When Genghis Khan...
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Heavenly Horses: Equestrian Depictions in Ancient China
In the Chinese year of the horse , the MAO presents "Heavenly Horses: Equestrian Depictions in Ancient China", an exhibition that explores one of the key symbols of Chinese culture - the horse, an...
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Yuan-dynasty landscapes
Even better than the real thing The Economist Jan 8th 2015, “DWELLING in the Fuchun Mountains” is a famous Chinese landscape painting from the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). A paper scroll measuring over...
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Emperor Qianlong's throne for sale
USA.daily.com.cn 8 January 2015 A visitor looks at a throne of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) during an auction preview in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 7, 2015. The seat, made of rosewood...
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Flowing rivers of mercury
Chemistry World 7 January 2015Philip Ball investigates claims that the burial chamber of China’s first emperor contains rivers of shimmering mercury. © Image Source / Alamy The Chinese emperor had...
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Emperor Qianlong's throne sells for $5.15 mln in Nanjing
Europe.chinadaily.com.cn January 12, 2015A throne belonging to Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) during the Qing Dynasty has sold for 32 million yuan ($5.15 million) at an auction in Nanjing, East China's...
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One of the first Western travellers to cross the Wakhan corridor
A few days ago I posted an article from the year 2002 in the Smithsonian Magazine about a adventure by two Americans, Francis O'Donnell and Denis Belliveau who around 1993/94 did an expedition to...
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Lost on the roof of the world
"Lost on the roof of the world" from Frédéric Lagrange on Vimeo.Following the path of Marco Polo, photographer Frédéric Lagrange captures the challenges and beauty of everyday life in an unforgiving...
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Disputes damage hopes of rebuilding Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Buddhas
Plans are afoot to restore giant Buddhist symbols destroyed by the Taliban, but experts cannot agree on best way forwardFrédéric BobinGuardian Weekly, Saturday 10 January 2015Jump to comments (4)The...
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Needham's Enforced Stay in Dunhuang
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015International Dunhuang Project NewsIn August 1943 Joseph Needham (1900–1995), the Cambridge scientist, set off from Chongqing in China for a tour of the northwest of China. He...
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Buddhist Art: A Fragile Inheritance
BUDDHIST ART: A FRAGILE INHERITANCE - TRAILER from Mark Stewart Productions on Vimeo.A sumptuously shot documentary feature, Buddhist Art: A Fragile Inheritance explores the merits of conserving over...
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Silk Road Journal 2014 is out
By far the best and most beautiful magazine there is about the art, history and archaeology of Central Asia published, for free by the Silk Road Foundation with Daniel Waugh as editor.Recently the...
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