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The Silk Road Journal edited by Daniel Waugh vol. 14 is out
Please read the most wonderful magazine about the Silk Road in the world, edited by Daniel Waugh.Go to http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol14/Index of IssuesView Last IssueGuidelines for...
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Islamic silver coins In Viking burial in Norway
Viking Trading or Raiding? SharePrintEmailSource: Archaeology.com by ERIC A. POWELLMonday, April 06, 2015(Courtesy Åge Hojem/NTNU Museum of Natural History and Archaeology)10-century Viking swordLast...
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Ancient Tomb with 'Blue Monster' Mural Discovered in China
This monster-like creature, as archaeologists call it, was found on the vaulted ceiling of the tomb's corridor.Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese ArchaeologyFrom: Live Science by Owen Jarus May 1, 2017A...
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Mysterious griffin found in the Altai Mountains
Found: dragon and griffin megaliths 'dating back 12,000 years to end of Ice Age, or earlier'By The Siberian Times reporter08 May 2017Unknown ancient people left the newly discovered fantastical...
View ArticleThree hours of lectures about Gandharan art from the MET in NY
From the wonderful Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York a lecture series of three parts about Gandharan ArtIn the lush valleys where the Himalayas meet the foothills of Hindu Kush, a great sculptural...
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New exhibition "The Great Liao" in Dutch Museum
New exhibition in Drents Museum in Assen (Netherland) The Great Liao Khitan Relics from Inner Mongolia, China 23 April 2017 to 29 october 2017The Great LiaoIn 2017-2018 the exhibition The Great Liao...
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Lecture on the historical significance of the Belitung Wreck Monday May 22
Green, Blue, and White: The Tang Shipwreck Ceramic and Precious Metal Cargo and Global Trade in Medieval AsiaA lecture on the historical significance of the Belitung Wreck Dish with floral lozenge...
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British artist visits 16 lost libraries along the Silk Road in epic motorbike...
MORE ON THIS STORYBook review: The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan is a dazzling piece of historical writingTourism and development threaten ancient painted caves in western ChinaHong Kong adventurer...
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Tourism and development threaten ancient painted caves in western China
At the heart of the ancient Silk Road, on the edge of the Gobi Desert, lies a centuries-old place of pilgrimage: hundreds of caves hewn from a sandstone cliff, containing some of the most exquisite...
View ArticleWu Zetian: The Secret History of China's Female Emperor Documentary
Wu Zetian China's Forgotten Emperor The chances are you won’t have heard of Wu Zetian. But in her story Channel 4 has dug up one of those shards of history that still seems etched in vivid colours...
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Ancient Saraishyk settlement on the Silk Road to be reconstructed
Astana Times bY ZHAZIRA DYUSSEMBEKOVA in KAZAKHSTAN TOURISM, TOURISM on 6 APRIL 2017ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sports has allocated 100 million tenge (US$319,400) for the first stage...
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Head of Atargatis or Tyche with doves
Photo credit: Yale University Art GalleryIn the recently published volume 7 of the Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology I came across this extremely beautiful Syrian limestone sculpture with the...
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The Bactrian Mirage: Iranian and Greek Interaction in Western Central Asia
The Bactrian Mirage: Iranian and Greek Interaction in Western Central Asia(Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia)Hardcover – 31 Jul 2018by Michael IliakisHardcover: 224 pagesPublisher: Edinburgh...
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The Scythians are coming to the British Museum
Scythians Warriors of ancient Siberia 14 September 2017- 14 January 2018 British Museum London organised with the State Hermitage St Petersburg Russia 2,500 years ago groups of formidable warriors...
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Sir Aurel Stein and the 'Lords of the Marches
Sir Aurel Stein and the 'Lords of the Marchesby Luca Maria OlivieriHardcover: 402 pagesPublisher: Sang-e-Meel Publications (12 Dec. 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9693528875New insights into history of...
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A 2500-year-old untarnished sword discovered in China
The Vintage NewsMay 16, 2017 Goran BlazeskiIn 1965, archaeologists in China discovered an ancient sword unlike any other. This ancient weapon unique because it is presumed to be around 2,500 years old...
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Palace Museum celebrates Maritime Silk Road and Buddhist artCGTN.com NewsBy Ji Xin11-5 2017The Palace Museum in Beijing is hosting two major exhibitions. The first is titled “The Forbidden City and the...
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The Mongols built an empire with one technological breakthrough, the stirrup
93The humble stirrup was a game-changing invention that altered history.ArsTechnica.com by ESTHER INGLIS-ARKELL - 9 May 2017When a man named Temüjin was given the title of Genghis Khan in 1206, the...
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Globalisation, Mongol style: From Silk to Silicon, a new book by Jeffrey E....
How Genghis Khan's heirs used the principles of tolerance to build the first wave of globalisationAn excerpt from a new book on the pioneers of globalised businessFrom: Scroll.in May 9,...
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"Some of the myths concerning the Mongolians and other Inner Asian peoples"...
How Mongolia Matters: War, Law, and Society (Brill's Inner Asian Library) Hardcover – 18 May 2017by Morris RossabiHardcover: 200 pagesPublisher: BRILL (18 May 2017)Language: EnglishISBN-10:...
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