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'Mummy of a child warrior from 'lost medieval civilisation' unearthed near...
Siberian Times by Anna Liesowska17 July 2015Wrapped in reindeer hide and fur, the 6-to-7 year old was protected by a child-sized bronze axe and bear's pendant.The child - seen here in these remarkable...
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6th/ 7th Century Glass near Kyoto shrine likely came from ancient Persia
The Asahi Shimbun July 13, 2015By KAZUTO TSUKAMOTO/ Staff Writer A glass fragment found in Kamigamojinja shrine in Kyoto that is believed to have come from ancient Persia (Provided by Yoshinari...
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DNA Reveals These Red-Haired Chinese Mummies Come From Europe And Asia
a) Fourth layer of the Xiaohe cemetery showing a large number of large phallus and vulva posts; b) a well-preserved boat coffin; c) female mummy with European features; d) double-layered coffin...
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Mobilisation of the European Periphery against the Mongols
From: Medievalist.net July 21, 2011By John H. LindThe Reception of Medieval Europe in the Baltic Sea Region: Papers of the XIIth Visby Symposium held at Gotland University, Visby (Gotland University...
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Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy
Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy by Frank McLynnHardcover: 704 pagesPublisher: Da Capo Press (July 14, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0306823950Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far...
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Ghengis Khan exhibit at the Franklin Institute LA
GENGHIS KHAN: BRING THE LEGEND TO LIFE is on exhibit at the Franklin Institute through January 3rd.EMBEDGENGHIS KHAN: BRING THE LEGEND TO LIFE is on exhibit at the Franklin Institute through January...
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Dating famous Shigir Idol from Kirovgrad under criticism
The Siberian Times 29 July 2015German scientists 'took samples abroad for analysis' which were 'illegally obtained' from famous Shigir Idol.'The examination of the idol was conducted without...
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Map Showing Portions of Chinese Turkestan and Kansu to Illustrate the...
From: The MAP HOUSE MAP OF THE MONTHJuly 25, 2015· by themaphouse· in Map of the Month. ·The next map featured on our blog records one of the most remarkable archaeological expeditions ever undertaken....
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The Drunken Man's Talk- Tales from Medieval China
The Drunken Man's Talk Tales from Medieval ChinaCOMPILED BY LUO YETRANSLATED BY ALISTER D. INGLIS University of Washington Press paperback not available $50.00S...
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The ancient silk road city of Taraz in southern Kazakhstan
Making sure ancient Kazakh treasures are enjoyed for generationsEuronews.com by Seamus Kearney20 July 2015smaller_textlarger_textRelatedPostcards from Kazakhstan: the monument dedicated to everlasting...
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Charles Freer at Longmen
Above: detail, Chinese workers at Longmen; Yütai (act. early 20th century); November 12, 1910; Silver gelatin photographic print; Charles L. Freer Papers; Freer|Sackler Archives FSA A.1...
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This Tsarist Warlord Became a Modern Genghis Khan
From: War is Boring Feb 8, 2014The crazy story of Roman von Ungern-Sternberg—‘The Mad Baron’ of MongoliaImagine Mongolia in the early 1920s.It’s so remote, nomadic families could spend an entire year...
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Prester John: The Legend and its Sources
Prester John: The Legend and its Sources Crusade Texts in TranslationHardcover – 28 Jul 2015by Keagan BrewerHardcover: 348 pagesPublisher: Ashgate; New edition (28 July 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10:...
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Huge hidden ocean under Xinjiang’s Tarim basin larger than all Great Lakes...
The ocean acts as a major carbon sink, sucking up CO2 and preventing even greater climate changeThe South China Morning Post Stephen Chen 30 July 2015Chinese scientists say a huge ocean underneath...
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The Mount Mugh Documents and Sogdian Epigraphy
Sogdian epigraphy of Central Asia and Semirech’e.by Vladimir A. Livshits, Translated from the Russian by Tom Stableford. Edited by Nicholas Sims-Williams Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum Part II...
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Paintings of Afrāsyāb
www.biblioiranica.infoby SHERVIN FARRIDNEJAD2 August 2015 Details of a copy of mural called The Ambassordors’ Painting, found in the hall of the ruin of an aristocratic house in Afrasiab, commissioned...
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Tomb raiders put Chinese history in grave danger
Xinhua 2015-08-04 The Song dynasty tomb in Ziyang, raided by grave robbers. (Internet photo)Chinese archaeologists are facing an epidemic of professional tomb raiding.The situation has been...
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The murals of the towns of Penjikent , Varakhsha and Afrasiab illuminate a world of extraordinary complexity and intriguing spiritual relationships with the Chinese world, with the Indian and, of...
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‘An extraordinary survivor’: A rare carpet from the Mongol Empire
From: Christies.com April 2015Lucinda Willan discusses an exceptional weaving from the ancient Mongol Empire - thought to be the last of its kind - ahead of Christie’s Oriental Rugs and Carpets saleIn...
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Genghis and the Great Mongol Khans: The Exhibition
Artfixdaily.com EDINBURGH , United Kingdom August 2, 2015 exhibition touring china Mongol arms & armor asian antiques Asian art ceramics ethnographic & oceanicOne of the most comprehensive...
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