The costume of this figure tells us that this is a Sogdian (pronounced Sog-di-en). Sogdians were people who inhabited an area called Sogdiana, in modern-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. They were ...

The Iranian-stock Sogdians were the ultimate deal closers of the Silk Road. Sogdian mothers spooned sugar into their babies’ mouths to sweeten their tongues for future bazaar haggling.

Every now and again, an exhibition comes along that is so epic in scale and astonishing in ambition that it transforms the ...

The second drawback is that there was not a written language early on in history. The first written language was Sogdian that dated to 6th-7th centuries C.E., almost 2,000 years later than the Chinese ...

The museum tells the story with objects from its own collection as well as those borrowed from 29 international lenders, many ...

A curtain raiser for Kashmir Life's Humaira Nabi directed 15-spiosde show Kashmir: The Silk Route Tales presented by Iqra Akhoon.

Between this agate rhyton, believed to have been brought to Tang China by Sogdian merchants who dominated the ancient Silk Road between the 4th and 7th centuries, and the seashell-shaped one from ...

Every now and again, an exhibition comes along that is so epic in scale and astonishing in ambition that it transforms the ...

Dr. Porta, a specialist in Greek poetry and religion, ably represented the Classics at Willamette in the year after Prof. Usher's departure (2000-2001). Among other things, he taught an intermediate ...

The Nanjing Museum exhibition concluded with a small chapter dedicated to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), the king of ...