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2,000-year-old Sarmatian woman burial discovered in Russia
Treasure trove of warrior jewellery unearthed in Russia: Ancient grave belongs to woman who worshipped fire 2,000 years agoThe woman was a Sarmatian from the first century AD in southern Russia More...
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasiaby Sir Barry CunliffeHardcover: 512 pagesPublisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (November 10, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0199689172We live...
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Syriac and Sogdian at Turfan
Erica C.D. Hunter: "Syriac and Sogdian at Turfan: Questions of Audience and Transmission" Lecture on NOVEMBER 5, 2015 - 6:00PMLEVINTHAL HALL, STANFORD HUMANITIES CENTER MAPFREE AND OPEN TO THE...
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Remains 2.500 female Pazyryk warrior found in Altai mountains
2,500-year-old female Siberian warrior is beheaded by excavator By Anna LiesowskaThe Siberian Times 29 October 2015Ancient 'wealthy' young woman was found laid to rest with her horse Remains and...
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What does Tang China have in common with Anglo-Saxon England?
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NASA Satellite pictures reveal colossal earthworks in steppe Kazakhstan
One of the enormous earthwork configurations photographed from space is known as the Ushtogaysky Square, named after the nearest village in Kazakhstan.CreditDigitalGlobe, via NASA CreditNew York Times,...
View ArticlePenn Museum lecture: Amazons: Warrior Women in Myth, Art, and History
Amazons: Warrior Women in Myth, Art, and HistoryAmazons—fierce horsewomen-archers on the fringes of the known world—were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles battled...
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Xuastvanift: A confession book of Manichaean Uygurs
Huastuanift - Manihaist Uygurlarin Tovbe Duasiby Betul Ozbay PaperbackPublisher: Turk Dil Kurumu Yayinlari (2015)ISBN-10: 9751628989MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015Xuastvanift: a confession book of Manichaean...
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Tomb Tells Tale of Family Executed by China's 1st Female Emperor
Live science by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | November 02, 2015 A "rubbing" of one of the epitaphs on the tomb of Yan Shiwei who helped China's only female emperor rise to power. The...
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Rare Armenian Masterpieces to Go on Display for the First Time at the...
by MassisPost October 13, 2015OXFORD, UK — A new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries celebrates more than 2,500 years of Armenian history and culture with a sumptuous display of manuscripts, books,...
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Mysterious Symbols in Kazakhstan: How Old Are They, Really?
A swastika-shaped geoglyph can be seen from above Kazakhstan.Credit: Image copyright DigitalGlobe, courtesy Google EarthView full size imageLive Science by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor November...
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The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan review – history on a grand scale
From the Turkic steppe to the great sultans of Merv, a fearless and brilliant history of the world as seen from the eastThe Guardian, 6 november 2015 by William Dalrymple A nomadic Afghan trading...
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Locked tomb in eastern China may hold key to fate of little-known emperor...
South China Morning Post 5 November 2015 by Zhuang PinghuiA selection of relics from one of the largest archaeological finds ever in China, a 2,000 tomb complex near Nanchang, Jiangxi province. Photos:...
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Mother Nature vs the Mongol hordes: Did climate change keep Genghis Khan at...
Climate change in Central China may have helped the Southern Song dynasty keep Genghis Khan and his successors at bay, study findsSouth China Morning Post PUBLISHED : Thursday, 05 November, 2015,...
View ArticleGreat BBC Serie: Arts of China
Art of China 1 of 3door easy televisionEpisode 1 Art of ChinaEpisode 1 of 3Andrew Graham-Dixon pieces together the spectacular recent discoveries of ancient art that are redefining China's...
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Patterns of China Dunhuang Dresses and Adornments in Different Ages
Patterns of China Dunhuang Dresses and Adornments in Different Agesby Chang Shana Hardcover: 261 pagesPublisher: China Light Industry Press (2000)ISBN-10: 7501933375Dunhuang is the world-famous grotto...
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Rare early photographs of Peking
BBC News 2 November 2015 From the section In PicturesPhotographs of Peking, now known as Beijing, made by Thomas Child in the 1870s and 1880s are to go on show in London's Chinatown as part of Asian...
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Vehicles unearthed in Western Han Dynasty cemetery
The provincial institute of archaeology releases the phased achievements on the archaeological study of the royal tombs of Marquis of Haihun State on Nov 4, 2015. [Photo/Chinanews.com]China Daily 9...
View ArticleDunhuang: Oasis city on the Silk Road
CCTVJoin Travelogue presenter Tianran He on a journey to one of the most important oasis cities on the Silk Road: Dunhuang. There, he feels the weight of history at the world-famous Mogao Caves, an...
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Written Monuments of the Orient (English version)
Publications 2015 of the Russian Institute of Oriental Manuscripts in the series "Written Monuments of the Orient (English version)"I ask your attention for two studies I personally found very...
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