tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440874506535632537.post5269546504898312823..comments2024-03-28T09:46:40.322+01:00Comments on MONGOLS CHINA AND THE SILK ROAD : Big noses, curly hair on empress's coffin suggests deep cultural exchange on Silk RoadHans van Roonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13577124666014224950noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440874506535632537.post-58341901149948830172020-02-23T02:43:30.970+01:002020-02-23T02:43:30.970+01:00Watch this on YouTube about the stole tomb: https:...Watch this on YouTube about the stole tomb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ch6ZK2pRgpeeweebarneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232127038518548508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440874506535632537.post-52046025377364410152020-02-23T02:42:27.612+01:002020-02-23T02:42:27.612+01:00Watch this movie on YouTube about this incident of...Watch this movie on YouTube about this incident of the stolen tomb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ch6ZK2pRg<br /><br />peeweebarneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232127038518548508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440874506535632537.post-78755466506181443092010-09-24T20:46:09.117+02:002010-09-24T20:46:09.117+02:00The news itself is fascinating and in itself not s...The news itself is fascinating and in itself not so surprising since travelling in the old days happened to take place more often than we think.<br />Since there are so few recorded travels in written documents we tend to think that it did not happen that often.<br />Are the figures on the Tang shrine Greek?<br />No idea as so often there are no detailed pictures to give an idea how these figure(s) look(s).<br />I tried to have a look at the site of the Shaanxi History Museum (www.sxhm.com) but that one is exclusively in Chinese and gives no further clues (that i'am aware of).<br />As I mentioned in the article obviously nobody noticed anything earlier as this coffin is not a new discovery but it was stolen. Strange?Hans van Roonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577124666014224950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440874506535632537.post-42397554210580589372010-09-20T23:09:28.927+02:002010-09-20T23:09:28.927+02:00I'm pleased you showed pictures, which were no...I'm pleased you showed pictures, which were not shown on other sites. But it seems odd that the Greeks should be mentioned. Considering the locale in northwest China, I should think the neighboring people, i.e., such Turkic peoples as Uighurs, Kazakhs, and Kirghiz considerably more likely than Europeans as bearing the big noses and curly hair. Possibly the descendant of a Tokharian or two, being as it's Tang Dynasty.Diwiyanahttp://indusscriptmore.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com