China unearths 2,000-year-old rare jade statue
Xinhua, August 29, 2013A rare jade statue was unearthed for the first time from a nearly 2,000-year-old burial site in northwest China's Shaanxi province.The statue was discovered in a tomb in Maying...
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Tabriz on the Silk Roads
Official Journal of The Asian Association of World HistoriansPublished by The Institute of World and Global History.Asian Review of World Histories, a peer-reviewed journal, publishes original research...
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Northern Song Dynasty tomb discovered
Watch VideoPlay VideoA group of ancient tombs have been unearthed at a construction site in Xiangyang in central China's Hubei Province. Among them, archaeologists have found a spectacular tomb, which...
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Marc Aurel Stein – Illustrated Rājataraṅgiṇī
Marc Aurel Stein – Illustrated RājataraṅgiṇīTogether with Eugen Hultzsch’s Critical Notesand Stein’s MapsEdited by Luther Obrockin Collaboration with Katrin EinickeStudia Indologica Universitatis...
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Zoroaster’s egg
From: Asian and African Studies Blog29 August 2013Ovum Zoroastræum: ‘Zoroaster’s egg’This may seem a rather esoteric title for an Asian Studies blog, but it is hardly surprising in the context of the...
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Ancient Treasure Trove Discovered in Russia
FEB 21, 2013 09:30 AM ET // BY OWEN JARUS, LIVESCIENCEPREVIOUS / NEXTGold BroochThis fibula-brooch, despite being only 2.3 by 1.9 inches in size, contains intricate decorations leading toward the...
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Liao and Jin City Wall Museum
From Diary of a Rambling Antiquarian, Friday , 5 August 2011We are flying to Guangzhou this afternoon, then on to Hong Kong, and returning to London on Sunday after two and a half weeks in China (Hong...
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Kroraina on the Silk Road
The Kroraina Codeby Bi RanPaperback: 394 pagesPublisher: Strategic Book Publishing (15 Aug 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1625164920About the BookThe author spent five years doing research before she...
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Durch die Wüste Taklamakan: Auf den Spuren des Sven Hedin und Sir Aurel Stein
Durch die Wüste Taklamakan: Auf den Spuren des Sven Hedin und Sir Aurel Stein Christoph Baumer, Aurel Schmidt, Therese WeberHardcover Publisher: Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag (27 Sep 2013)ISBN-10:...
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Durch Gobi und Taklamakan - Universum - Söhne der WüsteEndlose Steinfelder, gewaltige Sanddünen, seltene Oasen - an den Rändern der zentralasiatischen Wüsten Gobi und Taklamakan zogen jahrhundertelang...
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Bricks with Coin Design Discovered in Southern Dynasty Tomb
From: primal trek.com - a journey through Chinese cultureBricks with Coin Design Discovered in Southern Dynasty Tombby GARY ASHKENAZY on AUGUST 30, 2013Interior of Southern Dynasty brick tomb...
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Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road
DUNHUANG: BUDDHIST ART AT THE GATEWAY OF THE SILK ROADEdited by Fan Jinshi and Willow Weilan Hai ChangDunhuang, the western gateway to China, is one of the world’s most esteemed art shrines and...
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Buddhist Art in Myanmar
Source: The new York Times- BAGAN JOURNAL- September 1, 2013Opening a Door to the Burmese Past, and the Present, TooAdam Dean for The New York TimesMelissa Chiu, center, museum director of the Asia...
View ArticleCorrection marks in the Dunhuang manuscripts
From: Chinese manuscripts by Imre GalembosPosted on 08/22/2013 by imreWith their span of six hundred some years, the Dunhuang manuscripts area valuable witness of the process of textual transmission in...
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The hanging coffins of Sichuan
Riddle of the hanging coffins of Sichuan: The mysterious 400-year-old wooden tombs suspended on a Chinese cliff faceThe tombs are attached to mountain cliffs in Gongxian, Sichuan provinceWere left...
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The Voyages of the Chinese Explorer Zheng He and The Detours of Ibn Battuta
Home College and Adults Great Voyages LecturesGreat Voyages: Travels, Triumphs, and TragediesJoin us on first Wednesdays at 6:00 pm from October through June 2014 for our "Great Voyages" lecture...
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Legend Comes Out:Trip to the tomb of Genghis Khan / History News
From: Nationalturk.com 4 September 2013German and Mongolian archaeologists researchers race to locate Genghis Khan’s tomb shedding light on his son Ögödei’s equally impressive accomplishments.His...
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Here's what third-century China thought about the Roman Empire
Third-century China got around the ancient world. They even made it to the Roman Empire, and wrote down their thoughts on these strange foreigners in the Weilüe, a third-century C.E. account of the...
View ArticleThe Secret History of Genghis Khan : Documentary
Documentary looking at the Secret History of the Mongols, said to have been written by Genghis Khan's adopted son, which reveals a very different man to the brutal butcher of Western legend. Not just a...
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Ibn Battuta - Ein Schwindler?
Ibn Battuta - Ein Schwindler? Eine Analyse Der Chinareise Ibn BattutasSven-Ole SchochPaperback: 60 pagesPublisher: Grin Verlag (10 Aug 2013)Language: GermanISBN-10: 3638838110ISBN-13:...
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