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In Sven Hedin’s Footsteps
National Geographic Society-funded expedition documents changes in Iran over past 100 yearsJuly 23, 2013STOCKHOLM (July 23, 2013)—A team of five Swedes and two Iranians, led by journalist and...
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Modern Humans Were in China Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
Source: popular-archaeology.comWed, Sep 04, 2013Study suggests anatomically modern humans may have been in eastern Asia as much as 100,000 years ago.The ongoing debate about when and how anatomically...
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130 Buddhist artworks to be exhibited in Taiwan
Watch VideoPlay Video130 Buddhist artworks are about to embark on a journey to the other side of the Strait, to Kaohsiung in north Taiwan. From mid-September people there will be able to appreciate a...
View ArticleSwedish Mission Project in East Turkistan (Xinjiang)
This project aims to make available online for the first time archive films and audio recordings on the Swedish Mission (Svenska Missionskyrkan) http://www.missionskyrkan.se/ in East Turkistan...
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Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries
Gandharan Buddhist ReliquariesBy: David Jongeward, Elizabeth Errington, Richard SalomonISBN: 9780295992365ISBN-10: 0295992360 Series: Gandharan StudiesAudience: Professional Format: Hardcover Language:...
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Chinese whispers in Buddha land
By Fawad Shah / Shahsawar Khan / Photo: Dr Muhammad Zahir / Creative: Jamal Khurshid / Creative: Asif AliPublished: September 8, 2013 in The Express Tribune A team of archaeologists from Hazara...
View ArticleFootsteps of the Buddha
Watch specialist Jacqueline Dennis connect the spread of Buddhism across Asia to the silk-trade routes that helped spread of Buddhist philosophy. "Footsteps of the Buddha", a highly curated selling...
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Rare Bian Lu painting from the Yuan Dynasty on Silk
Detail - Lot 194: Attributed to Bian Lu (Uighur, Yuan Dynasty, d. 1356) Flowering Tree with Birds, Ink and watercolor on silk, Signed Bian Lu lower right.(Gray's Auctioneers, Llc)Detail - Lot 60: Han...
View ArticleSilk from the temple – silver from the tomb
ConferenceFrom the 23rd through the 27th of September 2013, the German Oriental Studies Conference will take place for the first time in Münster.The conference is organised by the German Society for...
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Kashmiri Songs and Stories by Aurel Stein
HATIM’S TALES – KASHMIRI STORIES AND SONGS BY AUREL STEIN - INTRODUCTION: SHAFI SHAUQKashmir, like any other Indian cultural region of India, has its rich tradition of folklore. Hatim’s Tales are a...
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"Digital documentation of manuscripts in the temples of Thadrak, Tshamdrak...
From: Endangered Archives Blog/ British LibraryThis month one project went up online. EAP310 ‘The digital documentation of manuscripts in the temples of Thadrak, Tshamdrak and Nyephug'. The project...
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China Calls For Return of Ancient Go Manuscript?
China Calls For Return of Ancient Go ManuscriptMonday September 9, 2013Wang Runan 8P, the Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Weiqi Association, last week asked the British to return the Weiqi Classic, also...
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Ming Emperors, Artists and Merchants in Ancient China
Ming. Emperors, Artists and Merchants in Ancient China5 October 2013 – 2 February 2014From 5 October 2013 to 2 February 2014, De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam will present Ming. Emperors, Artists and...
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Tomb of Empress Wu's secretary discovered
Global Times, 12-9-2013Photo: Huashang NewspaperThe tomb of Shangguan Wan'er (664–710), an influential female politician and poet during the regime of Empress Wu Zetian (690-705), was found in Xianyang...
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Treasure Hunting in Turkmenistan
The Huffington Post, 17-7-2013J-Lo isn't the only one who went to Turkmenistan this summer. I was there too -- but unlike J-Lo, I didn't walk away a million dollars richer. But I did uncover something...
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20th Anniversary International Dunhuang Project
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013International Dunhuang Project: 20th AnniversaryAs part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, IDP will be arranging a series of events over autumn 2013 to spring 2014....
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Saluting the Yellow Emperor
Saluting the Yellow Emperorby Perry JohanssonSaluting the Yellow Emperor tells the fascinating story of a group of Swedish scholars who rediscovered the pronunciation of the Chinese classics, buried...
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More about Tomb of Wu Zetian's aide
Tomb of China’s woman prime minister: The life and lovers of politician who served first female emperor and was eventually executed in a palace coupBy DAILY MAIL REPORTERPUBLISHED: 11:44 GMT, 12...
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Dunhuang and local employed scribes
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013IDP Researcher: Rebecca FuAt Mori Tim Stupa near Kashgar.I am a fourth year PhD student at the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of...
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Silk Road trading helped produce the modern horse
Yeah, they messed with my genes. attawayjl The Silk Road snaked across continents for more than a thousand years, shaping civilisations in East and West. Famously trodden by Alexander the Great and...
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