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Wooden phalluses found at lost burial site in Xinjiang desert
‘Sex toys’ or religious relics? Wooden phalluses found at lost burial site in Xinjiang desert point to quirks of ancient Chinese societyTeam finds evidence at Xiaohe Tomb complex that ‘blood worship’...
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Dunhuang frescoes reveal how ancient Chinese celebrate Lantern Festival
People's Daily Online 23 February 2016The Dunhuang Research Academy released some ancient documents and frescos on Monday, which feature the celebration of the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival...
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Cosmetic sticks at Xiaohe Cemetery in early Bronze Age Xinjiang, China
A leather bag and cosmetic sticks have been excavated from Xiaohe Cemetery. CHINA DAILYChina Daily 29 January 2016It is said that the average modern woman consumes more than 3 kilograms of lipstick in...
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Transferts culturels le long de la Route de la soie
Asie centraleTransferts culturels le long de la Route de la soieMichel ESPAGNE, Svetlana GORSHENINA, Frantz GRENET, Shahin MUSTAFAYEV et Claude RAPIN (dir.)Les marchands sogdiens n’ont pas seulement...
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First exhibition of Afghan Buddhism in Europe (Prague)
Unique exhibition spotlights Afghanistan’s Buddhist periodRadio CZ 03-03-2016 | Daniela LazarováSend by emailPrintSubscribe to RSSAn exhibition called Afghanistan: Rescued Treasures of Buddhism...
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Military Practice in Seventh-Century China and Byzantium
The Eurasian Way of War: Military Practice in Seventh-Century China and Byzantium Hardcover – 7 Apr 2016by David A. GraffHardcover: 218 pagesPublisher: Routledge; 1 edition (7 April 2016)Language:...
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New exhibition in Seattle: Journey to Dunhuang: Buddhist art of the Silk Road...
From IIAS The Newsletter 73 Spring 2016Journey to Dunhuang: Buddhist art of the Silk Road cavesFOONG PingDuring World War II, James C. M. Lo 羅寄梅 (1902–1987), a photojournalist for the Central News...
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Archaeologists Uncover Another Branch of the Silk Road
Archaeologists Uncover Another Branch of the Silk RoadNew evidence suggests the ancient trade route ventured through the heights of TibetScientific American by Jane Qiu on April 1, 2016SOURCE:...
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Silk Roads and Steppe Roads of Medieval China
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New YorkRostovtzeff Lecture Series: Silk Roads and Steppe Roads of Medieval China: History Unearthed from Tombs, IGold Funerary Mask from the Tomb of Shi...
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13 November 2015Dr Peter Frankopan talks about Islam and the Silk Roads relating to his recent book entitled The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
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A book about the Three Hares
The Three Hares: A Curiosity Worth Regardingby Tom Greeves (Author), Sue Andrew (Author), Chris Chapman (Author, Photographer), & 4moreHardcoverPublisher: Skerryvore Productions Ltd; Illustrated...
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Rare Ricci and Verbiest world maps March 4- May 8, 2016
CHINA AT THE CENTERRARE RICCI AND VERBIEST WORLD MAPSMAR 4 — MAY 8, 2016Asian Art Museum, San FranciscoTravel back in time more than 400 years to an era when the globe was being mapped and its wonders...
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Aurel Stein and the 'Lords of the Marches
Sir Aurel Stein and the 'Lords of the Marches': New Archival Materials Hardcover – 12 Dec 2015by Luca Maria Olivieri (Author), Matteo Di Chiara (Editor), Ali Kamran (Editor), Marco Mancini (Foreword),...
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Nepali textile find suggests Silk Road extended further south than previously...
The probable remains of a complex decorative headware, which may have been attached to the gold/silver mask. Credit: M. GlebaPhys.org 1 april 2016The first results of textile and dye analyses of cloth...
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Market in China in the old days
From the book by Arthur SEGERS: China. Het volk, dagelijksch levenen ceremoniën/ China, Daily Life and Ceremonies Antwerpen, Amsterdam, 1933 This reminds me of the fantastic photo's in Abenteuer...
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Pharmaceutical form and Dunhuang literature of the Tang Dynasty
Pharmaceutical form and Dunhuang literature of the Tang DynastyRissho University Faculty of Letters Academic Monographs 01Atsushi Iwamoto (Author)Abstract:In the first year, "pharmaceutical form and...
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Silk Road to culture at Qatar Museums Gallery
The Peninsula Qatar's Daily Newspaper March 28, 2016Ms. Xue Yan, Curator speaking during a press preview of the Chinese Art of silk at Katara, Photo by Kammutty VPChinese sericulture and silk art and...
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Charles-Eudes Bonin (1865-1929), explorateur-diplomate au coeur du Grand Jeu
Au coeur du grand jeu : la France en Orient : Charles-Eudes Bonin (1865-1929), explorateur-diplomateby Stéphane Malsaine Broché: 580 pagesEditeur : Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner (1 septembre...
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The Gunnar Jarring Central Eurasia Collection Digitized
I would like to introduce this new (for me) site of the (partly) digitised collection of Central Asia Publications of almost 5.000 volumes, originally owned by Gunnar Jarring.The website is...
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Gazing into the Past: Wang Meng (Yuan Dynasty) and his Qingbian Mountains
I'm going to begin this new series with a great and famous work by one of the leading masters of the late Yuan dynasty, Wang Meng: his Dwelling in the Qingbian Mts., which he painted in 1366. This,...
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