On POPUP Chinese a discussion with Victor Mair, available on PodcastTo listen to this podcast: click below:After his controversial involvement with the Tarim mummy excavations in Western Xinjiang, Vi...
A new Indian facsimile edition of the Gilgit Lotus Sutra – an important document of Mahayana Buddhism – written in Sanskrit has brought the last teachings of Gautama Buddha before his death to resear...
By Fazal KhaliqPublished: May 3, 2012The Amlook Dara stupa is vulnerable to natural decay and looters. PHOTO: EXPRESSSWAT: It is often said that Pakistan, particularly the north, is a touri...
The story of two Afghan sculptures, destroyed after a millennium and a halfSamanth Subramanianguardian.co.uk,&nbs p;Friday 18 May 2012 22.55 BSTComments (2)Afghan girls walk past the empty seat of one...
The gold mask in the Jinsha Site Museum is believed to be more than 3,000 years old.(Source: China Daily) BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhuanet) -- There is a collection of gold masks in Sichuan that tell a tal...
From Newsweek PakistanExploring Asia’s most endangered treasures.By Kristian Jebsen | From the May 25 2012 issue Bay Ismoyo / AFP Throughout Asia, historical marvels are being imperile...
: Xinhuanet May 18, 2012KABUL, May 17 (Xinhua) -- A few hundred meters from Dar-ul-Aman Palace, a destroyed historic citadel, the two-story Kabul museum showcases the cultural relics of Afghanistan, ...
The Administration of the National University of Mongolia reports that a historically and nationally significant buried cave artefact from the Middle Ages has been found in the Bayan-Undur som of the...
A gold-plated seated Buddha overlooks the China Metallurgical Group Corporation mine. (Brent Huffman) Locals from relocated villages in the Mes Aynak area in Logar province working for low wages to r...
Hanoi museum to host Silk Road on East Sea exhibition From: Thanhniennews.com March 8, 2012 A three-month exhibition titled Con duong to lua tren bien Dong, or Silk Road on East Sea, w...
From: CNTVWatch VideoPlay VideoIn one ongoing excavating section of Anyangs Yinxu Ruins, scholars found two family tombs with undamaged mural paintings.According to the archaeologists, the two large-...
From CNTV: Journeys in Time Journeys in Time 20120508 The Khitans and the Liao Dynasty part 1Journeys in Time 20120510 The Khitans and the Liao Dynasty Part 3Journeys in Time 20120511 The Khitans and...
Afghan students learn the centuries-old skills that carved out the giant buddhas blown up by extremistsEmma Graham-Harrison in Bamiyanguardian.co.uk, We dnesday 16 May 2012 15.02 BSTAfghans ...
IDP News Issue No. 39On Stein’s Tracks in the TaklamakanThe Niya Ruins TodayHouse-building in Ancient NiyaConferencesDunhuang Scrolls in the Royal Library, CopenhagenObituary: John B. Vincent (1915–2...
From: earlyTibet.com by Sam van Schaik There is something compelling about the idea of a text written in blood. The 20th century Chinese writer Lu Xun once said “Lies written in ink can never disguis...
In the first exhibition of its kind, the Fitzwilliam Museum will relate the story of the quest for immortality and struggle for imperial legitimacy in ancient China’s Han Dynasty.The Sear...
Washington: Rakhigari, one of the largest and oldest Indus Valley sites in the world located in Haryana along with Taxila in Pakistan are under threat of vanishing in a tide of rapid economic growth,...
Tang-era drum (detail). Courtesy: American Museum of Natural History, Division of Anthropology. Now showing in CanberraFrom 31 March until 29 July 2012National Museum of Australia, Temporary Exhibiti...
Genghis Khan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Source: Forbes May 7, 2012On one end of the leadership spectrum, there is Machiavelli–conniving, ambitious and ruthless. On the other there is Cyrus the Gre...
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN TAKLAMAKAN: HEDIN AND STEIN’S LEGACY AND NEW EXPLORATIONSThe British Library and SOAS, London 8th-10th November, 2012 Organised with the Xinjiang Institute of Ar...
From Chinese Archeology, 4 May 2012Although we reported about this a few months ago and also published these photos, its good to publish the story again but now by "Chinese Archeology".D...
This is the largest and most significant exhibition of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside ChinaJade coffin from the second century BC, Western Han DynastyFollowing its terrific Vermeer sh...
KERIYA, Xinjiang, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The ruins of a Buddhist temple dating back 1,500 years ago have been discovered in Chinas largest desert, offering valuable research material for historians studyi...
From the series: Sino-Platonic Papers No 218 from Dec. 2011A five-thousand-year-old water pitcher on display for a limited time (1999 to 2000) during an exhibit titled The Golden Age of Chinese...
A l’ombre des 8000 de l’Himalaya, le Mustang est l’une des vallées les plus isolées au monde. Il faut payer de sa personne pour atteindre la capitale Lo Manthang: 11000 mètres de dénivelés, plus de 2...
"Eurasia" represents a spectacular adventure, a visual conquest of the East in 8 episodes, made in 2004. A magical voyage through time and space, exploring the history, culture and religions ...
Watch VideoPlay VideoIn New York city, an exhibit that is displaying what was built to be an eternal army for a Chinese emperor. China’s ancient terracotta warriors will go on display at the Discover...
Watch VideoPlay VideoAn ancient tomb believed to date back 2,600 years is providing some clues to the culture of China’s Spring-and-Autumn Period.The tomb in Yishui County, Shandong province is curre...
The ruins of ancient Niya city, 100 km away from the newly-discovered ruins.QIRA, Xinjiang, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archeologists working in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have found the ruins...
Qingdao Lake is located in Chun’an County in Hangzhou and is a very popular tourist site in China. For a very long time, nobody knows that there are two underwater cities lying deep under the Qiandao...
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