…in The Treasury of Lives: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Himalayan Religion. Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation: New York. http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Nangzher-Lopo/13164 2012. “Tongyung Thuchen”, in The Treasury of Lives: A Biographical Encyclopedia…
…by an axial corridor that runs east to west. There is a room for the storage of fodder (rtswa-khang; northeast), food preparation area for livestock (bi-thug; southeast), storage room (central…
…of Tibetan texts, so I decided to devote most of this newsletter to them. The work is quite technical but even for those who might not want to delve too…
Welcome to Flight of the Khyung as we take in the most ancient bronzes of Tibet! This month’s newsletter presents the second part of an article on the art…
Welcome to another Flight of the Khyung, your time capsule to the Tibetan world of yore! This month’s newsletter supplies you with two more original articles on the rock…
…University of Tibetan Studies. Online version: Tibetan & Himalayan Library (THlib.org), 2011. http://www.thlib.org/bellezza _____2014b: The Dawn of Tibet: The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the World. Lanham: Rowman &…
…a molecular level are required. The good news is that the pace of research on the origins of the Tibetan people and their livestock and crops has accelerated in the…
…FOSSATI (eds.), Rock Art Studies: News of the World I. Recent Developments in Rock Art Research (Acts of Symposium 14D at the NEWS 95 World Rock Art Congress, Turin and…
building materials have not been disturbed for centuries. Like ancient builders the world over, the dwellers of Shang Shung looked for special types of environmental conditions in which to live….
Flight of the Khyung wishes you a soaringly Happy New Year! This month’s newsletter presents the final in a series of articles on Spiti, a region on the margin…
…Central University of Tibetan Studies. Online version, 2011: Tibetan & Himalayan Library (THlib.org): http://www.thlib.org/bellezza _____2014c. The Dawn of Tibet: The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the World. Lanham: Rowman…
…2 The Dawn of Tibet: The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the World Death and Beyond in Ancient Tibet Zhang Zhung: Foundations of Civilization in Tibet Calling Down the…
“Tibetan Tumulus Tradition” In the last couple of years, an excellent new online resource for Tibetan archaeology has appeared on the worldwide web. It is called Tibetan Tumulus Tradition, a…
…threats to the integrity of the region’s history and cultural heritage are faced almost daily. The article featured in this newsletter began as a lecture delivered at the Conference of…
…their lives. As we all know in the West, money and social prestige alone are not enough to insure personal well-being and happiness. Human beings crave more than just physical…
New Year’s Greetings Happy New Year! May 2009 bring much joy to all of you, a time for attainment and illumination. One could despair of the current world economic…
…in uppermost Tibet, the highest land in the world. The momentous rise of a new cultural and technological world at the end of the Bronze Age, nearly 3000 years ago,…
…By the end of the journey, I had collected some 6000 photographs of Spitian rock art, probably the largest collection of such images in the world. Upcoming newsletters will present…
This month’s newsletter is dedicated to tigers, that fearsome carnivore of eastern Eurasia. These creatures are part of the cultural and artistic heritage of many peoples in the region….
A monthly newsletter dedicated to Tibetan archaeology, Tibetan cultural history, Tibetan art history, Tibetan spirit-mediums, the Bon religion, Tibetological conferences, and personal expeditionary activities and journal entries, as well…
…as part of a receptacle for the household divinities. This large rack is supposed to have come from a deer that lived near the lakeside. In the early 2000s, a…
…rule, the Mongolians are an honest, helpful and hospitable people. They have a long and noble history, something in which they rightfully take much pride. Fond of horse racing, wrestling,…
…this newsletter since its inception. Let me also take this occasion to greet those who might be new to this online publication. May you find something of interest among its…
…Tibet’s ancient cultural heritage and of value to archaeologists and cultural historians. The second article in this newsletter reviews a recently published article on the origins of agriculture in Tibet…
…stack of my photocopied journal one early morning, quickly settling on the account of my 1992 circumambulation of Mount Kailas for the main feature in this month’s newsletter. Perhaps next…
…inside the broader Eurasian cultural and technological world of prehistory. Regular readers of this newsletter and of my print publications will know that there are a number of rock art…
Central University of Tibetan Studies. Online version: Tibetan & Himalayan Library (THlib.org), 2011: http://www.thlib.org/bellezza ____2014c. 2014. The Dawn of Tibet: The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the World. Lanham:…
…livestock for fragile pastureland is one of the biggest environmental challenges facing the region. According to Tibetan folklore of the Changthang, bears once mated with human women, giving rise to…
month’s newsletter stands alone as complete rock art compositions. They are pictures of a special time and a special world, demonstrating that Upper Tibet had a strong tradition of rock…
