Gems from the Silk Road: an exhibition of artifacts almost entirely unknown in the West

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The objects traded, carried or manufactured along the Silk Road route were displayed on the exhibition, Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, Gansu and Ningxia. The details of the artifacts, which were displayed in the exhibition, are presented.

United States, Exhibitions, Antiquities

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The virtual silk road

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A description is given of the interactive web data base launched by the International Dunhuang Project(IDP), posting records and digitized manuscripts in the ten major languages of the Silk Road. The IDP was sponsored by the British Museum.

World, Innovations, History, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Art, Calligraphy, Chinese, Calligraphy, Chinese art, Silk Road

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Atlantis of the Baltic

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The efforts to find the pre-medieval city of Vineta, which is thought to have vanished around the twelfth century, on the Baltic coast of modern day Germany, are reviewed. The leads and claims from various sources are examined.

Germany, Discovery and exploration, Ancient cities

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