Volume 52 / Number 3
2010
Special Edition: Silk Road
On The Cover: Yingpan Man, excavated from Yingpan, Yuli (Lop Nur) County, dates to the 3rd to 4th century CE. His clothing is finely made, and his painted mask is decorated with gold leaf. Photo credit: Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection)
Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Daniel C. Waugh
The Silk Road – Chronology of Selected Travelers
136–125, 119–115 BCE. Zhang Qian, emissary sent by Han Dynasty Emperor Wu Di to the “Western Regions,” who supplied important […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Daniel C. Waugh
Marco Polo’s Travels: Myth or Fact?
In his own lifetime and even today, Marco Polo’s account of his travels has been branded a falsification. A late […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Daniel C. Waugh
The Silk Roads in History
There is an endless popular fascination with the “Silk Roads,” the historic routes of economic and cultural exchange across Eurasia. […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt
The Luohan that Came from Afar: Research Notes
Among the myriad objects of world art, there are always some that continue to captivate the viewer and haunt the […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Mandy Chan
Before the Silk Road: Book News & Reviews
The Prehistory of the Silk Road by E. E. Kuzmina. Victor H. Mair, ed. (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007). […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
Museum Mosaic – Winter 2010: People, Places, Projects
Gift From Euseba And Warren Kamensky Endows Nagpra Position Penn Museum is pleased to announce a generous gift from Mr. […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: E. N. Anderson
Ancient and Modern Foods from the Tarim Basin: What in the World?
Walking through the exhibition Secrets of the Silk Road, one is amazed at the well-preserved mummies and colorful textiles. But […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Donald White
Dr. Elfriede R. (Kezia) Knauer: 3 July 1926– 7 June 2010 - Portrait
Penn Museum has lost a highly regarded authority on the Silk Road just months before the appearance of this special […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Richard Hodges
Extraordinary Discoveries along the Silk Road: From the Director
Looking back over the last half-century as archaeology has become more scientific, there have been paradoxically few truly great discoveries. […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Jane Hickman
From the Editor – Winter 2010
Travel the Silk Road with the Penn Museum in this special expanded edition of Expedition magazine. This issue was created […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: J. P. Mallory
Bronze Age Languages of the Tarim Basin
The earliest accounts of the Tarim Basin depict a society whose linguistic and ethnic diversity rivals the type of complexity […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Angela Sheng
Textiles from the Silk Road: Intercultural Exchanges among Nomads, Traders, and Agriculturalists
Silk was one of the most luxurious commodities traded along the many routes of the Silk Road. But one should […]
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Vol. 52 / No. 3
By: Victor H. Mair
The Mummies of East Central Asia
In 1988, while visiting the Ürümqi Museum in China, I came upon an exhibition which changed the course of my […]
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