Posts by peter linenthal

Discussing details on the gold coinage of the Kushan king Huvishka, Robert Bracey shows how aspects of coin design, minting, wear and die repair can add to our understanding of history and culture. Mr Bracey is working with Joe Cribb on a catalog of the British Museum’s Kushan coins. Click on coin image to see…

A nice review from Kirkus:  Young Jaya’s mother has been summoned to King Kanishka’s palace to bake her famous apricot cake for his birthday celebration. Jaya is sad to see her go, but Mama leaves her with a necklace of three golden coins. After waving goodbye, Jaya searches for her father, only to discover that he,…

An article in the Nov 25 San Francisco Examiner by Denise Sullivan describes Peter Linenthal’s involvement in history, both local and global. Click on photo, maybe twice:

The University of Oxford’s 2019 International Workshop through their Gandhara Connections project will focus on how the art of ancient Gandhara connects to Rome, Greece, China, the Iranian World, and the Indian subcontinent. Click on the Oxford logo for more information.

Click on the map above to read article in The Guardian.

My husband Philip Anasovich and I visited Angkor Tom in Cambodia earlier this month. This 12th century Buddhist temple, the Bayon, is as amazing as I’d always heard. Happy 2019!

Kurt Behrendt is Associate Curator of South Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and an authority on ancient Gandhara, the setting of ‘Jaya’s Golden Necklace’. Click on the image to read his article at Academia.edu:

I visited Angkor Wat and Angkor Tom in Cambodia recently with my husband, Philip Anasovich. We had an excellent guide, Seng Kompheak, an archaeologist who’s worked on these and many other sites. He said that at the time these temples were built, 9th – 13th century, taxes were important; wealthy people paid them, if you didn’t have the…

Elisabeth Errington’s new book from the British Museum, ‘Charles Masson and the Buddhist Sites of Afghanistan’, could change the way we look at early Buddhism. Kurt Behrendt, of the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum, reviews the book here: https://www.academia.edu/37612851/Book_Review_Charles_Masson_and_the_Buddhist_Sites_of_Afghanistan_Explorations_Excavations_Collections_1832_1835