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Reflecting on the Rooftops of the Eastern Uighur Khaganate: A Preliminary...
SINO-PLATONIC PAPERSNumber 258 October, 2015 Reflecting on the Rooftopsof the Eastern Uighur Khaganate:A Preliminary Study of Uighur Roof Tiles by Lyndon A. Arden-Wong, Macquarie University, Sydney...
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Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China
Food and Environment in Early and Medieval ChinaE. N. Anderson352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2014 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4638-4 | A volume in the Encounters with Asia series"This is a marvelous book, a long-view...
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Mongolian noblewoman with Chinese mirror
'We dug up a medieval Mongolian noblewoman in our compost pit'By The Siberian Times reporter02 December 2015Couple unearth remains of 'rich' female buried up to 1,000 years ago with her rare Chinese...
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International Dunhuang Project Issue No. 46
IDP News Issue No. 46Silk For Paper: A Textile Hoard Found Near JerichoSilks from the Silk Road: Origins, Transmissions and ExchangeInternational Association for the Study of Silk Road...
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The Berlin- Turfan Expeditions 1902- 1914
Abenteuer Seidenstraße: Die Berliner Turfan-Expeditionen 1902-1914 Broschiert – 18. November 2015von Caren DreyerBroschiert: 272 SeitenVerlag: Seemann Henschel; Auflage: 1 (18. November 2015)Sprache:...
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Sogdians in China
Sogdians in China Archaeological and art historical analyses of tombs and texts from the 3rd to the 10th century AD Gebundene Ausgabe– 1. Dezember 2015von Patrick Wertmann Deutsches Archäologisches...
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Preserving the Maritime Silk Road in Quanzhou
Michael Rowlands (UCL) will give the next International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology (ICCHA) China Night Lecture of 2015-16 at the Institute on 17 December.Prof Michael Rowlands will...
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DNA tests uncover rare 2,000 year-old "golden" horse
From: I cross China 10 December 2015 By Yi Ling，Li LinhaiGlossary of horse colors A rare golden colored horse might have galloped across northwestern China's Gobi Desert 2,000 years ago, an...
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Jades unearthed at Han-Dynasty tomb in China's Nanchang
China Daily 8 December 2015Photo taken on Dec 7, 2015 shows a jade pendant unearthed at the Haihun Marquis tomb dated back to the ancient China's Western Han Dynasty(206 BC - 24 AD) in Nanchang,...
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Another Kazakhstan: Mangistau
History of Kazakhstan 9 December 2015 Kazakhstan – not only boundless steppes and distant region of Mangistau at the west of the country, it is absolutely another amazing world, rich in its...
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Geheimnisvolles Turfan
Von der Seidenstraße zum HumboldtforumSENDUNG ZDF VOM | 11.01.2015Erstmals ist es einem deutschen Kamerateam gelungen, in eine abgelegene Region Chinas zu kommen, die als Teil der Seidenstraße einen...
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Cross-faith conferences: Mongols and Mughals
From: AMGALANT by Bryn HammondThis post looks at Mongol China and Mughal India: the reigns of Khubilai Khan (1260-94) and Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar (1556-1605). These figures were conscious...
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China’s ancient treasures under siege from army of tomb raiders
Historians fear looting of ancient burial sites has reached epidemic proportions as would-be grave robbers team up through social mediaSouth China Morning Post by Celine Ge 4 december 2015The...
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Dance at Dunhuang: Part One and Two
Dance at Dunhuang: Part OneBy Joseph HousealBuddhistdoor Global | 13 November 2015 The Mogao Caves, on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Photo by Neville Agnew. Image courtesy of UNESCO World...
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From the site of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New YorkOsmund Bopearachchi, Director of Research, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, delivers the Annual Lecture on South...
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Archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old sphinx statue in ancient Chinese tomb
- Relic was discovered in Ningxia, north China, along the ancient Silk Road- This popular route was used for trading between the East and the West- Sphinx had features considered rare for Chinese tombs...
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Exhibitions incl Silk Road in Berlin Dahlem Museum will close on 11th Jan...
Der Tagesspiegel 1 December 2015by Rüdiger SchaperAbschied auf Raten: Die Sammlungen von zwei der drei Staatlichen Museen in Dahlem müssen bis 2018 im Humboldt-Forum sein. Im Januar beginnt der große...
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Humboldt - Forum in Berlin: This castle gets a real divine dome
Berliner Kurier, 9 August 2015 von Gerhard LehrkeBerlin -Über Ihnen dreht sich sacht der wolkenlose Sternenhimmel der Wüste. Es ist windstill, eine Pforte lockt Sie in eine Höhle. Männer mit Schwertern...
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To understand the dynamics of the Golden Horde, we need to disregard national...
Should historians serve the nation?Posted on December 8, 2015 by Mary Favereau in GeschiedenisIf we want to understand the dynamics of the Golden Horde, we need to disregard national borders.To...
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The T'ang Shipwreck - Singapore
From: "Waymarks", a blog written by Tim ChamberlainThe T'ang Shipwreck - SingaporeSometime around 830-840 AD a merchant ship set sail, most likely from the Chinese port of Yangzhou, or perhaps from...
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