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Locating the Rock of Aornos
The Nation, 31 January 2015 by Llewelyn Morgan If you thought the British in India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were...
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Mummy Found Hiding Inside Ancient Buddha Statue
During routine restoration, researchers discovered a surprise hidden in an ancient gold-painted Chinese Buddha statue: a mummy hidden inside. The mummy was once the Buddhist monk Liuquan, according to...
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Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins
Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins. Spring 2015by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter DonovanList price: US$150ISBN-13: 978-0-89722-334-8 Hardback, 1 vols, 414ppThe Kushan Empire was a...
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Buddhist Manuscript Traditions Across Asia
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Symposium "The Belitung Shipwreck and the maritime Silk Road"
THE BELITUNG SHIPWRECK AND THE MARITIME SILK ROUTE Saturday, February 28, 2014, 10 am–5 pm Cost: $50 general public; $45 Aga Khan Museum members; $25 students and seniors. Venue: Aga Khan Museum,...
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108 Buddha-Variationen im Frankfurter Museum Angewandte Kunst
Religion – Frankfurter Ausstellung zeigt viele Gesichter für den ErwachtenBuddha meditiert: Aus Nordwest-Pakistan stammt diese Figur, die als Leihgabe aus einer privaten Sammlung im Frankfurter Museum...
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1,000 year-old mummified monk reveals more of his secrets
(Drents Museum)Foxnews.com 23 February 2015A 1,000-year old mummified monk hidden inside a statue of Buddha has revealed more of his secrets.The Chinese statue, part of a joint exhibition between...
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Master's student discovers rare book signed by Hu Shih in Harvard-Yenching...
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Translating twelfth century China from the Song Dynasty
IIAS, newsletter Spring 2015With James M. Hargett’s lucid translation of the text and meticulous annotations of the Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea(Guihai yuheng zhi,...
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Increased activity during the Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan was a notorious … polluterEmail NsikanScience Magazine By Nsikan Akpan 25 February 2015 2:45 pm 2 CommentsKublai Khan and his imperial Mongol brethren were legendary warriors,...
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The Origins of the Lost Fleet of the Mongol Empire
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Inventing Silk Road Studies
DateThu Apr-2-2015, 7:30pmLocationKnight Building, Room 102521 Memorial Way(Between Littlefield Center and Frost Amphitheatre)Program / SeriesCo-sponsored Lectures 2014-15Co-sponsorThe Silk Road...
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The Origins of the Dunhuang Studies
DateFri Apr-10-2015, 7:30pmLocationKnight Building, Room 102521 Memorial Way(Between Littlefield Center and Frost Amphitheatre)Program / SeriesSilk Road Buddhism 2014-15Co-sponsorThe Silk Road...
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Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia
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Database of Chinese classic ancient books
中國基本古籍庫March 2, 2015 at 11:26 am eastasianlibraryLeave a commentThe Database of Chinese classic ancient books 中國基本古籍庫 is the largest database of pre-20th century texts covering all fields of...
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Archaeologists unearth lost fortress of Genghis Khan in western Mongolia
Ruins of a fortress established by Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan are unearthed in southwestern Mongolia in August. (Provided by the Japanese-Mongolian joint research team)The Asahi Shimbun by...
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Saving Mes Aynak, Revisited
Mes Aynak, one of Afghanistan’s most important cultural treasures, may be destroyed by the end of 2015. FairObserver.com by Brent Huffman January 15, 2015My documentary, Saving Mes Aynak, which deals...
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Nine "Secrets" about the History of the Met's Department of Asian Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art February 20, 2015Mike Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman of the Department of Asian ArtIn preparing a history of the Museum's Department of Asian Art, which this year...
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Marco Polo by Marina Montesano
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Great Game manuscript from George Hayward gifted to the Royal Society for...
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