Posts by peter linenthal
Desert Encounters: Arts, Cultures & Kingdoms of the Silk Road
The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is hosting a lecture series through its Society for Asian Art. Fourteen lectures by prominent scholars will dig into ancient Central Asian history. Fridays August 17 – November 16, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM. $20 per lecture for drop-ins. Highly recommended. Much Kushan-related material. https://www.societyforasianart.org/programs/arts-asia-lecture-series/arts-asia-fall-2018-desert-encounters-arts-cultures-and-kingdoms
Read MoreTamed by Religion: Centaurs in Gandhara
A fascinating article by Dr. Ulf Jager appears in the March 2018 issue of Silk Road, the journal of the Silkroad Foundation, tracing the changing interpretation of centaurs in Graeco-Roman culture. Possible meanings for their appearance in the Buddhist culture of Gandhara are suggested. Highly recommended for both the specialist and generalist, with beautiful illustrations including this…
Read MoreEngaged Reader
I love this photo of my friend Chris Carlsson’s granddaughter Halloul reading my board book ‘Look at the Animals!’ from Dial Books for Young Readers. Another book in that series, ‘Look, Look!’, was just chosen for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Read MoreGood News for Mes Aynak
Unesco agreed on Oct. 15, 2017 to help preserve the site of Mes Aynak over the next three years. This is good news, the site is a Buddhist city dating to the Kushan era, rich in architecture and sculpture. It sits on a huge copper mine which, if excavated, would destroy the city. The documentary film…
Read MoreTaxila: Jaya’s Hometown
Jaya’s hometown is the ancient city of Taxila, now near Islamabad, Pakistan. ‘Discovering Ancient Taxila’ shows sites today where Indian and Greek cultures combined and Buddhist stupas were built. One of the only throughly excavated Gandharan sites, Taxila is one of the most important sources for information about the Kushan era.
Read MoreVideo about ‘Jaya’ by BAYCAT
Thank you BAYCAT for telling Jaya’s story! BATCAT is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides access, education and employment for low income youth, youth of color and young women, tackling the lack of diversity in technology and digital media. BAYCAT provides high-quality video production, branding, graphic design, and community engagement strategies. Contact BAYCAT at (415)…
Read More“An enchanting tale.”
Peter Frankopan, author of the international bestseller ‘The Silk Roads: A New History of the World’ calls Jaya “An enchanting tale.”
Read MoreThe Silk Roads: Zeitgeist of the Early 21st Century
Peter Frankopan moves the center of civilization East into Jaya’s homelands in this timely one hour talk, the subject of his bestseller ‘The Silk Roads’.
Read More‘The Silk Roads’: a new world history
Dr. Peter Frankopan’s ‘The Silk Roads: a New History of the World’ was published in 2015 and became a bestseller. Dr. Frankopan questions the Eurocentric view of history and “…forces us to sit up and reconsider the world and the way we’ve thought about it…The book takes us by surprise right from the start.”(NPR) “A glorious…
Read More‘Jaya’ Visits Forest School
Children at the Forest School are outdoors all day, rain or shine. Yesterday I read ‘Jaya’ there, showed a real Kushan coin, and made golden necklaces with the kids. Thank you teacher Heather for the great photos!
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