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Guarding the Spirit of Our Ancestor, Genghis Khan
For eight centuries, my people, the Darkhad, have protected the relics of the Mongol Son of Heaven.Sixthtone.com 25 November 2016I am one of the Darkhad people of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,...
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New discoveries unearthed at Terracotta Warriors site
By Bi Nan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2016-11-25Emperor Qinshihuang's mausoleum [File Photo]Stone helmets, armor and the remains of thousands of animals and relics related to animals are among the...
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Lecture: Achaemenid and Sassanian themes in Qajar tilework and related themes
Ancient India & Iran Trust27 November 2016Friday 2 December at 5.30 at the AIIT: Jennifer Scarce (University of Dundee): "Qajar nostalgia: Achaemenid and Sassanian themes in Qajar tilework and...
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Terracotta Warriors: An Army for the Afterlife
Thousands of terracotta warriors guard the tomb of the first emperor of China.Credit: meanmachine77 / Shutterstock.comLive Science by Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor | November 28, 2016Chinese...
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Collège de FranceYutaka Yoshida03 May 2016 2:30 pm Guest lecturerSalle 2 - Marcelin BerthelotPlay VideoDownload the videoDownload the audioHistory and Cultures of Pre-Islamic Central...
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Susan Whitfield Lecture: “Beyond Scrolls and Codices: Manuscript Formats on...
This Mellon Sawyer seminar is an interdisciplinary collaboration dedicated to mapping cultural exchanges across Eurasia from roughly 400-1450 CE, by focusing on the development, distribution and...
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The ancient Asian treasures of two Americans in Paris
Visual arts: The ancient treasures of two Americans in ParisJOHN POHL, SPECIAL TO MONTREAL GAZETTEMore from John Pohl, Special to Montreal GazettePublished on: December 2, 2016 | Last Updated: December...
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Genghis Khan goes global
China Daily By Wang Kaihao and Yuan Hui | China Daily | 2016-12-06Baljinnyam and his wife, Zhang Jixia, read one of the books about Genghis Khan they've collected during their travels around the world...
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Archaeology sheds light on Mongolia’s uncertain nomadic future
As a herding lifestyle practiced for millennia is threatened by contemporary climate change, archaeology offers a long-term perspective Herders tend their flock in a winter storm. Dry summers and cold,...
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The Old Man and the Book
From: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies December 2, 2016Xin Wen, Ph.D. candidate in the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, describes manuscripts discovered in the Dunhuang caves that tell...
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Ocean Explorers, wonderful exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris
ExhibitionsOcean ExplorersFrom Sindbad to Marco PoloArab World institute Paris15 November 2016 to 26 February 2017An exhibition organised in collaboration with the MuCEM, the Museum of European and...
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Findings Show the Maritime Silk Road is Far From a New Idea
New Historian posted by: Ginger PeralesPosted date: December 13, 2016Archeologists working in suburban Shanghai have unearthed findings that show the shipping center was a Maritime Silk Road trading...
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A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia
Asia Society Museum Presents 'Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia'enlarge image/captionNEW YORK; December 9, 2016 - Asia Society Museum in New York presents a selection of 76...
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New Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Quest for God
Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious FreedomHardcover – 25 Oct 2016by Jack WeatherfordHardcover: 304 pagesPublisher: Viking (25 Oct. 2016)Language:...
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Buddhist Illuminated Scripts of Ancient Korea
From: Ancient History Encyclopediaby Mark Cartwright published on 20 November 2016The Goryeo (Koryo) kingdom ruled ancient Korea from 918 CE to 1392 CE, and it oversaw a flourishing of the arts,...
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In Charlotte USA from Nov. 19, 2016- April 30, 2017 exhibition about Genghis...
In Discovery Place Science in Charlotte USA is an exhibition called Genghis Khan from November 19, 2016 till April 30, 2017.The following article from Charlotte Magazine is about this...
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Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206-1335
Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206-1335Hardcover – 28 Feb 2017by Bruno De NicolaHardcover: 288 pagesPublisher: Edinburgh University Press (28 Feb. 2017)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1474415474Bruno de...
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The Old Uyghur Agama Fragments Preserved in the Sven Hedin Collection
The Old Uyghur Agama Fragments Preserved in the Sven Hedin Collection, Stockholm (Silk Road Studies) Paperback – 28 Feb 2017by Yukiyo Kasai, Simone Raschmann, Hakan Wahlquist and Peter ZiemePublisher:...
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Prehistoric silk found in Henan
By Shi Baoyin and Qi Xin in Zhengzhou | China Daily USA | Updated: 2016-12-28 Scientists have found evidence of silk dating back 8,500 years after testing soil samples from a Neolithic site in Henan...
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Chinese Painting and its Audiences by Craig Clunas
Chinese Painting and its Audiences (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts) Hardcover – 17 Jan 2017by Craig ClunasHardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Princeton University Press; Bollingen Series XXXV:...
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