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Tag Archives: Aurel Stein
Abbot Wang from the Mogao Caves
Abbot Wang, also known as Wang daoshi or Wang Tao-shih, is one of the most infamous figures in the history of Chinese archaeology. He was the Taoist priest (i.e. daoshi) who stayed at the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang, taking care … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, archaeology, Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, exploration, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Abbot Wang, Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, Mogao Caves, Wang Tao-shih
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Aurel Stein’s visit to Japan
Galambos, Imre. “Sir Aurel Stein’s visit to Japan His diary and notebook.” In Helen Wang, ed., Sir Aurel Stein: Colleagues and collections. British Museum Research Publication 184 (2012): 1-9. This paper is based on Aurel Stein’s diary and notebook he kept while travelling in … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, History of scholarship, Japanese, published papers, Travel
Tagged Aurel Stein, diary, Dunhuang, Japan
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An unrecognized photo of Aurel Stein
Last week we went down for a few days to the south of Hungary and while there I wanted to see at a village called Gádoros, near Orosháza, the “museum” of Zsigmond Justh (1863-1894), a talented Hungarian writer who died … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, archaeology, Aurel Stein, exploration, History of scholarship
Tagged Aurel Stein, Dunsterville, Lahore, Mian Mir, photo, Zsigmond Justh
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Sir Aurel Stein, Lajos Ligeti and a case of mistaken identity
Putting online some of my older publications: Another Hungarian looting China’s treasures? Sir Aurel Stein, Lajos Ligeti and a case of mistaken identity (Imre Galambos) Tonkō shahon kenkyū nenpō 敦煌写本研究年報, no. 4 (March 2010): 195-207. The voluminous publication Zhonghua minguo … Continue reading
Posted in Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, exploration, History of scholarship, published papers
Tagged Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, exploration, Lajos Ligeti, manuscripts
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Aurel Stein – Flowers to Lajos Lóczy
Last summer we were at Lake Balaton in western Hungary and decided to take a day trip to the Balatonarács cemetery to visit the grave of the famous Hungarian explorer and geologist Lajos Lóczy (1849-1920). In the West, he is … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, archaeology, Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, exploration, History of scholarship
Tagged Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, Lajos Loczy
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