EditorialCerthia himalayana, Print, The bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana), or the Himalayan treecreeper is a species of bird in the family Certhiidae. It is found primarily in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in the Himalaya...
EditorialOxus Treasure. Gold armlet with ends in the form of winged monsters with griffin head low relief. 5th-4th centuries BC. From Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialMiddle Ages. Central Asia. Silk Route. Winged warrior-Demon. Wall painting. Glue colour on dry loess plaster. Early 9th c. Kalai Kahkaha. Palace. (Bunjikant, capital of Usturushan, Tajikistan). Smaller ceremonial hall (chamber 4). Western wall, second ...
EditorialMiddle Ages. Central Asia. Silk Route. Four-armed goddess on a lion. Wall painting. Glue colour on dry loess plaster. Early 9th c. Kalai Kahkaha. Palace. (Bunjikant, capital of Usturushan, Tajikistan). Smaller ceremonial hall (chamber 4). Western wall,...
EditorialCurtain or bedcover, early 1800s. Tajikistan, Ura Tube. Plain weave: cotton; embroidery: silk; average: 216.5 x 188.6 cm (85 1/4 x 74 1/4 in.).
EditorialOxus Treasure. Gold armlet with ends in the form of winged monsters with griffin head low relief. 5th-4th centuries BC. From Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialEmbossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin, gold, from the Oxus Treasure, Achaemenid period,5th-4th BCE. The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks...
EditorialNude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands. Cast and chased silver statuette from the Oxus Treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th BCE. The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from...
EditorialOxus Treasure. Gold armlet with ends in the form of winged monsters with griffin head low relief. 5th-4th centuries BC. From Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialCover, early 19th century, Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Silk, linen, 63.75 in. high 95.00 in. wide (161.9 cm high 241.3 cm wide), Textiles-Embroidered, Suzani, literally meaning 'of needle' in Persian, refers to some of the most attra...
EditorialShaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon, Bronze Age, ca. late 3rd?early 2nd millennium B.C., Bactria-Margiana, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, Silver, gold foil, L. 15 cm, Metalwork-Implements, Ancient Bactria and Margiana...
EditorialMiddle Ages. Central Asia. Silk Route. Winged warrior-Demon. Wall painting. Glue colour on dry loess plaster. Early 9th c. Kalai Kahkaha. Palace. (Bunjikant, capital of Usturushan, Tajikistan). Smaller ceremonial hall (chamber 4). Western wall, second ...
EditorialMiddle Ages. Central Asia. Silk Route. Four-armed goddess on a lion. Wall painting. Glue colour on dry loess plaster. Early 9th c. Kalai Kahkaha. Palace. (Bunjikant, capital of Usturushan, Tajikistan). Smaller ceremonial hall (chamber 4). Western wall,...
EditorialMAP OF CENTRAL ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN, TIBET AND THE NORTH OF INDIA, 1899.
EditorialOxus Treasure. Gold armlet with ends in the form of winged monsters with griffin head low relief. 5th-4th centuries BC. From Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialNude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands. Cast and chased silver statuette from the Oxus Treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th BCE. The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from...