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The Painting Left Behind
Silk painting from Dunhuang, mistaken as a copy and sent by letter post to India. Continue reading
Central Asian Collections in Munich
Francke and Körber: 1914 expedition to Central Asia: Kashgar, Yarkhand, Khotan and Ladakh. Continue reading
Nara to Norwich: Online Exhibition
Great to work with colleagues on this online exhibition, exploring arts and beliefs at the ends of the Silk Roads: Nara to Norwich. Continue reading
Early Exhibitions of the Collections of Aurel Stein, Part 4: 1918, Royal Geographical Society, London
@RGS_IBG 1918 exhibition of Aurel Stein’s 3rd expedition #SilkRoad #photographs. Continue reading
Selenium and Horses in China: A Missing Link
‘In climbing up and down mountains and crossing ravines and mountain torrents, the horses of China cannot compare with those of the Xiongnu.’1 This observation by Chao Cuo 晁錯 (ca. 200–154 BC), a minister in the Han empire ruling China … Continue reading
Posted in horses, military, selenium, Silk Road art and history, trade
Tagged cavalry, horse breeding, horse-trade, horses
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Aurel Stein at Dunhuang
A snippet from the forthcoming paper concerning Stein’s acquisitions from the Library cave at Dunhuang Mogao. Continue reading
UNESCO and the Silk Road: The Role of Japan
‘Silk Roads’ is now a concept embraced by UNESCO, with the first transnational serial site as inscribed in 2014. Japan had played a vital role in the early discussion of Eurasian links which led to the adoption of the ‘Silk … Continue reading
Posted in cultural heritage, Japan, Silk Road archaeology, Silk Road art and history
Tagged BRI, Central Asia, Herrmann, Hirayama, Japan, Korea, Nara to Norwich, UNESCO
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New Book: Silk Roads: Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes
CONTENTS EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION There was no ‘Silk Road’. It is a modern label in widespread use only since the late 20th century and used since then to refer to trade and interaction across Afro-Eurasia from roughly 200 BE to … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, architecture, art, Buddhism, sericulture, Silk Road
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The Rectification of Names: Caves, Grottos or Rock-Cut Temples?
“If the names are not correct, language is without an object.” Confucius, Translated by Simon Leys. The Analects of Confucius: London and New York: W. W. Norton 1997: 13, 3. In her 2013 essay, Phyllis Granoff argued that the term … Continue reading
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Tagged Ajanta, Buddhist, cave, Dunhuang, grotto, rock-cut temple
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