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German library's Chinese Book collection online available
Die einmillionste Seite (hier ein Ausschnitt) aus der Sinica-Sammlung der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek wurde am Münchner Digitalisierungszentrum (MDZ) eingescannt. Sie gehört zu einem...
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The Death Scene of Buddha: Back from the dead
The Express Tribune by Shazia Mehboob Published: November 1, 2015Student participants in the Bhamala Excavation 2014-15. PHOTO COURTESY: DIRECTORATE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & MUSEUMS, GOVERNMENT OF...
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The Silk Road to South Asia through Bangladesh
South Asia Without Borders Seminar March 24, 2015Harvard South Asia InstituteHasna Moudud, SAI Research Affiliate; Former Visiting Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy SchoolChair: Roderick...
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Ancient Board Game Found in Looted China Tomb
Life Science by Owen Jarus November 16, 2015Archaeologists think this 14-face die was used to play a game called "bo" that hasn't been played in 1,500 years.Credit: Image courtesy Chinese Cultural...
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Relics of Southern Song Dynasty on exhibition in Hangzhou
China Culture. org 16 November 2015An exhibition of precious cultural relics from China's Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279) is ongoing at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou, capital of East...
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Portraits found in tomb may include image of Confucius
People's Daily Online 16 November 2015A lacquer screen was unearthed from the tomb of Haihunhou in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, on Saturday. (Photo by Wang Xiang/Xinhua)Chinese archaeologists claimed...
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Gold coins, hoofs found in 2,000-yr-old Chinese tomb
Archaeologists in China today discovered 75 gold coins and hoof-shaped ingots in a 2,000-year-old tomb dating back to the Western Han Dynasty.The Financial Express by: PTI | November 17,...
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Peter Frankopan: the mismatch of expectation on the new Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan: the mismatch of expectation on the new Silk RoadsMoneyweek.comBy: Merryn Somerset Webb30/10/2015Merryn Somerset Webb talks to author and historian Peter Frankopan about Britain’s...
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Asia in Amsterdam
Asia in AmsterdamThe Culture of Luxury in the Golden AgeEdited by Karina H. Corrigan, Jan van Campen, and Femke Diercks, with Janet C. Blyberg TitleAsia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the...
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Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Literature and Languages (Handbook of Oriental Studies) Edited by Jonathan A. Silk, Leiden University, Editor-in-Chief. Consulting Editors: Oskar von Hinüber,...
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Precious bricks found in ancient tombs in Xiangyang
Xiangyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology find out 27 ancient brick-chambered tombs in Xiangcheng District of Xiangyang, central China’s Hubei province. (Photo/people.cn)People's Daily...
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Relics unearthed from tomb of Marquis of Haihun exhibited in E China
By Yuan Can (People's Daily Online) November 18, 2015The cemetery of Marquis of Haihun covers roughly 40,000 square meters and contains eight tombs and a chariot burial site. It is the most complete...
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Mongols, Chinese and Europe: Contacts and Interactions
Department of Medieval StudiesCentral European UniversityNádor utca 91051 BudapestType: Workshop...
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The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China
When:Oct 9, 2015 – Jan 10, 2016Where:The RingLing Museum of Art, Sarasota, USARoyal Taste offers a unique glimpse into the luxurious lifestyles and religious practices of princely courts in early- and...
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Revering Ancient Gods on the Roof of the World
Popular Archaeology November 24, 2015Archaeologists are uncovering an early civilization on the high Tibetan Plateau.Before Buddhism reigned supreme in the high tableland of the Tibetan Plateau, there...
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More about the mysterious Zhang Zhung people of Tibet
Ancient Origins.net 25 NOVEMBER, 2015 - 21:47 MARK MILLERArchaeologist pieces together story of the mysterious Zhang Zhung people of TibetMany centuries ago, high in the mountains of western Tibet,...
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British Museum puts Admonitions Scroll online with Google Street View
Admonitions Scroll (detail). [Screenshot of Google Cultural Institute site]China Daily 25 november 2015Fans of the British Museum are now able to avoid the crowds to enjoy some 5,000 high-resolution...
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Shanghai Himalayas Museum: “Dunhuang: Song of Living Beings” opening Dec. 1
Cafa Art by SUE WANG on Nov 16, 2015 From the 4th century to the 14th century, people spent over a thousand years carving out the Dunhuang Grottoes spanning more than 1,680 meters from the south to the...
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Thomas Struth on Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (Metropolitan Museum NY)
Thomas Struth on Chinese buddhist Sculpture"It seems to be much easier to identify with this moment of stillness than with Jesus on the cross"AS SEEN IN THE EPISODEThomas Struth, born in 1954, is a...
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Penn Museum Lecture: Genghis Khan: Barbarian Conqueror or Harbinger of Democracy
DateWednesday 02 December 2015 Time6:00PM - Category Great Myths and Legends Lecture SeriesDr. Morris Rossabi, Senior Research Scholar, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia...
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