Institut für Altertumswissenschaften
Seminar für Orientalische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte
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| Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Institut für Altertumswissenschaften Seminar für Orientalische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte |
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Central Eurasia Project Resource Page
on Central Asian countries, history and culture
EurasiaNet.org
on Central Asian countries, history and culture
The Silkroad Foundation
includes articles on various topics of Central Asian culture, archaeology, and languages; special sections on Dunhuang and Xinjiang
Waugh's Central Asia
by Daniel Waugh; a lot of information on Central Asian cultures and history
Oxus Communications
by Mark Dickens; with informations and links on Central Asian lands and history, Timurid architecture and a page on the Nestorians
The Coins and History of Asia
by T. K. Mallon-McCorgray: "...scans of over 1100 coins, these pages are to be a resource for students of Near Eastern, Persian, Indian, Central Asian and Chinese history from 600 BC to 1600 AD" - very useful!
Early Medieval History and Coins of Central Asia
selected English translations from the Russian book "Srednjaja Azija v rannem srednevekov'e (Archeologija)" (ed. G. Brykina, M., 1999); full bibliography from the book
Nupam's webpage for the Indian coins
by Nupam Mahajan - including coinage of the Kushans
Chinese Coinage Website
with several well illustated pages on Sogdian coin types by V. Belyaev, T.D. Yih and J. de Kreek
Alexander the Great on the Web
a list of sites on Alexander the Great, conqueror of Bactria and Sogdia
Parthia.com
comprehensive site for all aspects of the Parthian Empire
Kushan History
by Robert Bracey
Bactrian documents discovered from the Northern Hindu-Kush
by Nicholas Sims-Williams; with information about the Kushan genealogy based on the Rabatak inscription
The Miho Museum, Japan
stunning masterpieces of ancient art, including works from Central Asia and Sasanian Iran; useful documentation
Musé National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet
a major museum site with section on Central Asia
The State Hermitage Museum
Gosudarstvennyj Ermitazh; a major museum site with section on Central Asia
Museum Under Siege
by Nancy Hatch Dupree; an online feature of the journal "Archaeology"; the devastation of the Kabul Museum and its rich collections
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
the Internet Guide to Buddhism and Buddhist Studies
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library Art Resources
great list of links
The International Dunhuang Project (IDP)
including the IDP Web Database
The Avesta Webserver
Avesta -- Zoroastrian Archives
Persepolis and Ancient Iran
images from the Oriental Institute photographic archives; great mass of visual materials
CIAA Website
Circle of Inner Asian Art - SOAS, London
Felsbilder und Inschriften am Karakorum Highway
Rock Carvings and Inscriptions along the Karakorum Highway; a site of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Felsbilder und Inschriften in Nordpakistan
Die Dokumentation zur Dokumentation 1980-1988; a site by V. Thewalt: more on rock art and inscriptions of the Karakorum
The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art
South and East Asian arts; stolen artifacts from Afghanistan
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy/Siberian Branch
major academic institution for archaeological research on the early Eurasian nomads, at Novosibirsk, Russia
Gumilevica
a site dedicated to the Russian scholar Lev N. Gumilev; includes excerpts from his works on the Ancient
Turks and the Huns
Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads (CSEN)
archaeology of the Eurasian steppes
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