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Forthcoming posts: Stein’s Friends and Exhibitions – UPDATE 1 October 2025
Quick update to below: I am currently writing a paper on Stein’ circle of female friends and will give publication details shortly. I realise it has been a while since I posted anything. I have several posts in progress and … Continue reading
Revisiting Amluk Dara
Amluk Dara, literally ‘wild persimmon hill’, is used to name a Buddhist stupa and monastic complex in the Swat valley in northwestern Pakistan. It was visited, drawn, photographed and partially excavated by Aurel Stein during his tour to Swat in … Continue reading
Posted in Aurel Stein, Buddhism, cultural heritage, Silk Road archaeology, stupas
Tagged archaeology, Buddhism, ISMEO, Marc Aurel Stein, Silk Road, stupa
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New Online Journal: Silk Roads Archaeology and Heritage
Delighted to see the inaugural issue of the new journal, Silk Roads Archaeology and Heritage edited by colleagues at UCL, Institute of Archaeology. Also relieved that it has provided a home for an article of mine long in the making, … Continue reading
Posted in Aurel Stein, British Museum, Dunhuang, Silk Road archaeology
Tagged archaeology, British Museum, Dunhuang, Marc Aurel Stein, Silk Road
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Pet Monkeys in Khotan?
Probably the most numerous and unusual finds from the first millennium Silk Road kingdom of Khotan are small terracotta figurines. And while they include animals—such as the Bactrian camel and horse—that would have been familiar travellers on the Silk Road … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, Berenice, British Museum, Buddhism, Indus Valley, Khotan, Kushan, Marc Aurel Stein, monkeys, music, Silk Road, Yotkan
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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
Early Exhibitions of the Collections of Aurel Stein, Part 5: 1922: Indian and Persian Paintings, British Museum.
After 1919, parts of the newly acquisitioned Stein collection in the British Museum started to be exhibited in permanent and temporary exhibitions. This series concentrates on the latter, but we have a few hints of the former in this period … Continue reading
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Tagged art, British Museum, Buddhism, Exhibitions, India, Laurence Binyon, Marc Aurel Stein, Nepal, painting, Tibet
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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
Aurel Stein at Dunhuang
A snippet from the forthcoming paper concerning Stein’s acquisitions from the Library cave at Dunhuang Mogao. Continue reading
Routes from the Swat: Buddhism in Khotan
In AD 480 the Chinese pilgrim Faxian reached the central Asian oasis kingdom of Khotan, source of jade and a thriving centre of Buddhism. Even though Buddhism was well established in his homeland, China, he was struck by the evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, Buddhism, Khotan, Marc Aurel Stein, Pakistan, Silk Road, stupa, Swat
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Silk Road Digressions 