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The intimate ruins of Sauran, Kazakhstan
From: Caravanistan.comJust off the highway from Turkestan to Kyzyl Orda, in the province of South Kazakhstan, lies an intriguing reminder of times past. Sauran was once the biggest city in Kazakhstan,...
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China Starts New Terra Cotta Army Dig
CRI English news.com and arts.cultural-china.com 30 April 2014Chinese archaeologists started a new excavation of the famous terracotta army site on June 13, 2009, hoping to find more clay figures and...
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Vorgeschichte und Historie von Kasachstan
Archäologie schreibt GeschichteNeue Zürcher Zeitung Christoph Baumer 11.4.2015DruckenE-MailEin hölzerner Greif mit einem Tier im Schnabel, 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr., aus Pazyryk. (Bild:...
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Exhibition in Europe Sets Chinese Villagers in Pursuit of Lost Icon
The New York Times by Ami Qin 3 May 2015YANGCHUN, China — One day in March, Lin Yongtuan was on his lunch break scrolling through the news on his phone when a story with an interesting photo caught...
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Comparing China and India in the 9th century
From: Medievalist.net May 3, 2015While Europeans knew little about India and China in the Early Middle Ages, the Arab world had more contacts with these Asian countries. As sailors, merchants and...
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The Lure of Iron and Gold, Interactions with the steppe in the First...
Yesterday I went to the first lecture from Jessica Rawson "Warfare, Beauty and Belief, Bridging Eurasia" in Leiden.What a pleasure this proved to be. Jessica Rawson is such a power lady once she...
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Buddhism and the transmission of medical knowledge along the Silk Road
Official Groovy Historian MAY 3, 2015 BY GRETAMILENOVAA few centuries before the rise of Buddhism in India, healing was seen and practised in a more religious and even magical way. This...
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The conservation, digitisation and cataloguing of Tangut manuscripts
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015Collaborative Project for the Conservation, Digitisation, Research and Publication of Tangut Material in the British LibraryThe project which started in January 2015 is...
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Excavations reveal new terracotta army at ancient emperor’s tomb
News.com.au May 4, 2015Chinese archaeologists are working on uncovering more than 1400 well-preserved clay soldiers dating from about 200BC. Source: China News Service Source: SuppliedCHINA’s famous...
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La Horde d'Or par Marie Favereau et Jacques Raymond
Editions de La FlandonnièreAu XIIIe siècle, les descendants du fils aîné de Gengis Khan s’imposèrent dans l’aile occidentale de l’empire mongol. Du lac Balkhach à la vallée du Danube, des steppes de...
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Sculpture and Stone in the Han dynasty, (206 BC-AD 220) by Jessica Rawson
Friday 8 May, Leiden: Sculpture and Stone in the Han dynasty, (206 BC-AD 220)The early Chinese did not make use of either sculpture and stone, major features of Western Asian city culture. Following...
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The Terminology for Carpets in Ancient Central Asia
From: Sino-Platonic PapersNo 257 May 2105The Terminology for Carpets in Ancient Central Asia byZHANG HeWilliam Paterson University This study seeks to gather and clarify the terminology for carpets...
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Tents, Tombs and Horse Trade, The Tang (AD 618-906 ) and the Turks
Last chance to meet Jessica Rawson is this afternoon in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam at 14.30 hoursSaturday 9 May, Amsterdam: Tents, Tombs and Horse Trade, The Tang (AD 618-906 ) and the TurksThe Tang...
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The Dog(s) of Aurel Stein
This time I would like to draw your attention to one of my favourite blogs at the one hand and one of my favourite actors on the Silk Road at the other hand.Read this article by Llewelyn Morgan in...
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Stone bracelet from the Altai region in Siberia some 40.000 years old
Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.While bracelets have been found pre-dating this discovery, Russian...
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Rayy: from its Origins to the Mongol Invasion
Rayy: from its Origins to the Mongol InvasionAn Archaeological and Historiographical StudyRocco Rante, Aix Marseille Université and Musée du Louvre.In Collaboration with Ghadir AfroundThis book offers...
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Reminder: Tuesday 12 May 2015 | Buddhism & Social Justice | lecture in Leiden...
Ghastly Hauntings and Divine Justice: A New Approach to Ritual, Ethics and Kingship in Ancient Japanese BuddhismLecture by Bryan Lowe (Vanderbilt University)Buddhism & Social Justice Event 12 May...
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The 1.000 year-old Manuscript and the stories it tells
From the site of the University of Cambridge: One of the greatest treasures of Cambridge...
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The Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond extended far beyond the borders of modern day northern Turkey all the way to Crimea. Dean Kalymniou * 11 May 2015Beyond PontusThe principality of TheodoroOf the...
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Tomb of Yuan Dynasty Confucian Doctor discovered
Featured image: Newly-discovered tombstone of Confucian doctor in China with inscription. Credit: Shaanxi Provincial Institute of ArchaeologyFrom: Ancient Origins 9 MAY, 2015 - 13:32 MARK...
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