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| In Memoriam: Khaled al-Asaad 1932-2015
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Safe Journey! A Very Short History of Shoes from Korean Tombs |
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| by Youngsook Pak |
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| The significance of the burial of shoes and facsimiles of shoes to accompany the deceased in the afterlife, highlighting a poignant example from a Korean tomb dated 1586.
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| The Emergence of Light: A Re-interpretation of the Painting of Mani's Birth in a Japanese Collection
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| by Wang Yuanyuan |
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| A unique depiction of Mani's birth in a Yuan-era painting which apparently is based on textual sources incorporating different religious traditions, among them Mingjiao of southeastern China.
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When Herakles Followed the Buddha: Power, Protection and Patronage in Gandharan Art
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| by Jonathan Homrighausen |
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| Herakles as emblematic of power and courtly entertainments transformed into Vajrapani, the protector of the Buddha in the context of royal patronage of Buddhism in Gandhara.
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| Ancient Iranian Decorative Textiles: New Evidence from Archaeological Investigations and Private Collections | 36 + Plate II |
| by Matteo Compareti |
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| The argument for a Central Asian early Islamic origin of two newly discovered textile fragments, and re-consideration of the image traditionally termed that of a simurgh |
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Nomads and Oasis Cities: Central Asia from the 9th to the 13th Century | 45 + Plate III |
| by Xinru Liu |
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| The complex cultural interactions of nomadic and sedentary peoples, especially in the realm of ritual dance and music which was an integral part of religious festivals. |
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| Maes Titianus, Ptolemy, and the "Stone Tower" on the Great Silk Road | 60 |
| by Igor' Vasil'evich P'iankov |
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| A re-interpretation of Ptolemy's data about the location of the "stone Tower" that marked the mid-point in the overland Eurasian trade routes some 2000 years ago. |
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| The Location of Ptolemy's Stone Tower: the Case for Sulaiman-Too in Osh | 75 |
| by Riaz Dean |
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| Leaving Ptolemy's unreliable evidence aside, the logical case for identifying Sulaiman-Too, "Solomon's Throne", in Osh as the location of the "Stone Tower".
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| The Test Excavation of the Nanhai No. 1 Shipwreck in 2011: a Detail Leading to the Whole | 84 |
| by Xu Yongjie |
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The application of normal archaeological excavation techniques for studying one of the most important recenly discovered shipwrecks in southeast China.
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| The Archaeological Assessment of Pajadagh Fortress (Qal'a-e Tashvir), Tashvir Village, Tarom
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| by Ali Nourallahi |
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Archaeological survey of an as yet unexcavated fortress site in northwestern Iran dating probably from the Parthain or early Sasanian period.
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Khermen Denzh Town in Mongolia | 95 |
| by Nikolai N. Kradin, Aleksandr L. Ivliev, Ayudai Ochir, Lkhagvasüren Erdenebold, Sergei Vasiutin, Svetlana Satantseva, and Evgenii V. Kovychev |
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| Joint Russo-Mongolian excavations at an important Khitan period settlement site on the Tuul River in Mongolia.
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| The Chinese Inscription on the Lacquerware Unearthed from Tomb 20, Gol Mod I Site, Mongolia | 104 |
| by Chimiddorj Yeruul-Erdene and Ikue Otani |
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| A careful reading of the inscription on one of the rare dated lacquerwares so far found in Xiongnu elite burials, this vessel made in the Imperial Workshop in Chang'an in 16 BCE.
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The Ancient Tamga-Signs of Southeast Kazakhstan and Their Owners: The Route from East to West in the 2nd Century BCE-2nd Century CE | 109 |
| by Alexei E. Rogozhinskii and Sergey A. Yatsenko |
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| A newly discovered complex of tamga-signs in petroglyphs of a little-known valley of southeastern Kazakhstan, the signs having interesting connections with ones found more widely dispersed around the beginning of the Common Era. |
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| Museum Collections:Assyrian-style Seals of the Silk Road and Their Relationship to Ties between Iran and Mesopotamia | 126 |
| by Amir Saed Mucheshi |
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Descriptive catalog of a group of cylinder seals collected in Qazvin which show similarities to ones produced in Mesopotamia, thus suggesting long-distance interaction in the period of Iron Age III (800-600 BCE).
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| "I was born a dervish and a Flying Dutchman." Sven Hedin and Ferdinand von Richthofen: Introduction and Presentation of Unpublished Letters | 135 |
| by Felix de Montety |
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| Newly discovered letters from Sven Hedin to Ferdniand von Richthofen shed light on the close relationship between the "Meister" and his student.
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Museum Collections, II:Berlin's "Turfan Collection" Moves to the Center | 153 + Plates V, VI |
| by Lilla Russell-Smith |
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| The Turfan Collection in the Museum of Asian Art in Dahlem is now closed in preparation for its move to the Humboldt Forum in the center of Berlin, where it will re-open in 2019. |
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| The Mezquita: A Photo Essay | 158 + Plates VII, VIII |
| by Daniel C. Waugh |
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| A visual introduction to the famous 10th-century Umayyad mosque in Cordoba, Spain, with its many layers of construction and re=construction.
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| Belezza, The Dawn of Tibet | 169 |
| by Sam van Schaik | Download |
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| The following by Daniel C. Waugh:
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| Rossabi, From Yuan to Modern China and Mongolia | 171 |
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| Kreutzmann, Pamirian Crossroads: Kirghiz and Wakhi of High Asia, with a photo supplement "Glimpses of the Pamirian Crossroads" | 173 |
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| Akademicheskaia arkheologiia na beregakh Nevy, | 178 |
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| Walter and Ito-Adler, eds. The Silk Road: Interwoven History. Vol. 1 | 179 |
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| Whitfield Life along the Silk Road, 2nd ed. | 180 |
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