Archaeologists have found what might be the oldest saddle yet, and its owner was female giving a new perspective on gender roles in the region almost three millennia ago.
How can art-inspired interdisciplinary studies improve research into China s ancient civilizations? This was the question discussed on Saturday at the launch ceremony for the Research Center for Art and Archaeology at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China s only higher-education institution for fine arts under the country s Ministry of Education.
The Research Center for Art and Archaeology (RCAA), a center that merges the research of art history and archaeology, was established on Saturday at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing.
By Syed Jamil Ahmed, PhD Considerable research conducted by renowned Orientalists such as Moriz Winternitz, Heinrich Lüders, Arthur Berriedale Keith, Sylvain Lévi and Sten Konow between the 1880s and 1960s have established that between the 1st century CE to the 7th century CE, a tradition of Buddhist theatre flourished in South Asia. This tradition, generated […]