The Origins of Roman Li-chien
The Origins of Roman Li-chien By Ethan Gruber Published Online Introduction:
The Origin of Chess and the Silk Road
The Origin of Chess and the Silk Road Horst Remus The Silk Road Foundation Newsletter: Vol.1:1 (2003) Abstract The classical research about the origin…
Muscularity and the Western Medical Tradition
If muscularity is then a uniquely Western focus, how did this emphasis arise? The prominence of fantastically muscular figures in Western art suggests that muscularity was seen as essential to human identity.
Power Politics in the Xiongnu Empire
This thesis employs an integrated approach of the historical and archaeological evidence relevant to the study of the Xiongnu empire (3rd century BC – 1st century AD).
An Ancient Greek Sighting of Halley's Comet?
We wish here to propose a possible sighting drawn from Greek records that have not been considered in this connection. Whereas Babylonian and Chinese observers kept meticulous records of daily phenomena in the heavens for centuries, the Greeks do not seem to have kept similar records.
Space Organization and Representation of Chinese Etiquette Culture in the Ancient Pingyao City
The organization and layout of the ancient Pingyao city are reviewed from the aspect of Chinese etiquette culture.
Another 700km of the Great Wall of China discovered
Reports indicate that the third national survey on cultural relics in China has revealed more than 700 km of ancient Great Wall in…
Bamboo slips to tell different tales of China's ancient past
China’s early history before Qin Dynasty (starting from 221 B.C.) may be different from previously thought, said Chinese historians as they decode bamboo…
The divergent evolution of coinage in eastern and western Eurasia
This paper offers a concise comparative assessment of some key features of the ‘Aegean’ and ‘Chinese’ models of coinage.
Coin quality, coin quantity, and coin value in early China and the Roman world
In ancient China, early bronze ‘tool money’ came to be replaced by round bronze coins that were supplemented by uncoined gold and silver bullion, whereas in the Greco-Roman world, precious-metal coins dominated from the beginnings of coinage.