Welcome to a special Flight of the Khyung! This month we take you to what may have been the greatest capital of the Zhang Zhung kingdom. We will examine hard chronological evidence and its implications for understanding the cultural makeup …
Welcome to another glorious Flight of the Khyung! This month’s newsletter continues to probe the ancient rock art of Upper Tibet, bringing you intriguing compositions and the historical and cultural insights they engender. In last month’s issue, I promised to …
Fifth anniversary issue of Flight of the Khyung
Welcome to fifth anniversary of this newsletter (2006–2011)! For the last five years it has offered readers like you highlights of the archaeology and cultural history of pre-Buddhist Upper Tibet, as well as …
The Flight of the Khyung returns to the great lakes of the western Changthang to explore traces of ancient civilization uncovered in 1997 and 1998. As majestic and beautiful as these lakes are how can one resist returning? The years …
This month’s Flight of the Khyung glides across a big swathe of the Tibetan Plateau in search of the past and the contemporary. We begin with ancient citadels and finish with a trek of 20 years ago, furnishing interesting but …
Flight of the Khyung sets off through the 13 layers of the heavens to uppermost Tibet once again, bringing you more of its ancient signposts. This month’s issue looks at seven mountaintop strongholds documented on the Changthang Circuit Expedition (1999) …
Welcome to the new tibetarchaeology.com website! It has been expertly designed and created by my friend Sally Walkerman. I think you will find it a significant improvement over the old website. Now you can now actually sign up to have …
Forward or backward in time and space, the Flight of the Khyung transcends conventional limitations to offer you the view beyond. Let not the chill of winter or the distractions of the moment thwart your move towards greater knowledge (and …
A Happy New Year to all of you! The wintery landscape of the northern hemisphere is no barrier to the Flight of the Khyung delivering its payload of fascinating information about ancient Tibet. This month’s issue focuses on the hoary …
Once again the Flight of the Khyung swoops down to earth, carrying with it the mysteries of ancient Tibet, and just in time for this holiday season! I have fascinating bits and pieces for you this month. Let us begin …
Another month has elapsed but the Flight of the Khyung continues high and wide, for the journey to knowledge knows no end. There is more on the archaeology of Upper Tibet in this newsletter with further discoveries in store for …
We embark on another flight with the great horned eagle across the very crown of Planet Earth. This month’s issue focuses on discoveries made on my recent Upper Tibetan Rock Art Expedition (UTRAE) and also on earlier campaigns. So without …
Welcome onboard as this month’s Flight of the Khyung traces a path over both upper and central Tibet. This issue features a potpourri of monumental and artistic evidence, furnishing more insights into the cultural complexion of the ancient Tibetan Plateau. …
Fourth anniversary issue
Welcome to the 49th issue of Flight of the Khyung! Very glad you can see it. This month’s offering comes out later than usual due to fieldwork in Tibet. I have just completed the Upper Tibetan Rock …
This month’s Flight of Khyung takes in an enormous slice of time in the Tibetan hinterlands. Examining ancient artifacts, this issue once again brings the glories of Tibet to the forefront, the old meeting the new in dramatic and edifying …
In the annual migration across the Great Himalayan divide, the Flight of the Khyung reaches the Tibetan Plateau. This month’s issue comes to you from Lhasa, the holy city of Buddhism in the center of Tibet. From the state of …
This month’s Flight of the Khyung begins in Pemako, that region in southeastern Tibet famous for the great bend in the Brahmaputra river. Taken at random from my journals, this issue revisits a foray I made in the region in …
This issue of Flight of the Khyung moves west beyond the legendary realm of Zhang Zhung to take a retrospective look at culture in the Hindu Kush mountains. Our focus is Indus Kohistan, a region of northern Pakistan that once …
From Menyak and Trehor on the eastern fringes of the Tibetan Plateau to its very heart at Lhasa, this month’s Flight of the Khyung arcs across the roof of the world. There is always more to see and more to …
More adventures unfold in Tibet as the Flight of the Khyung returns you to Asia’s holiest peak, Mount Kailas. This month’s newsletter looks at vital issues affecting the sacred mountain and their implications for a sound, sustainable future. Climb aboard …
This Flight of the Khyung comes on the heels of last month’s issue. In November, I described highlights of a recent trip to Tibet. Lasting four weeks, this was an eventful journey, which culminated in reaching the ruins of an …
This issue of Flight of the Khyung comes to you from Kathmandu, the Nepal Mandal. Recently, I was in Tibet for 29 days, explaining why the khyung bird has landed late this month. The month of Mangsir brings cold nights …
Springtime Recollections
I have been lucubrating yet another month, inputting data on archaeological sites surveyed in Upper Tibet in 2004 and 2005. The process of writing is going well but there is certainly plenty of it to do. When I applied …
Happy New Year!
Another month and year has rolled by. May 2008 bring much happiness to the lives of my readers and great success to all their good endeavors! While I attempt to issue this newsletter at the beginning of each …
Flight of the Khyung
It has been one year since inaugurating Flight of the Khyung. With information about my work and travel in the Himalaya and Tibet, and essays focusing on issues of special interest to me, I hope that you …
Wild Yaks and Other Things on the Horizon
On the fifth of this month I returned to Lhasa, having completed 50 days in the field on the Wild Yak Lands Expedition (WYLE). As those who read the May issue of Flight …
Diverging Views, the Seminar on Tibetan History
Recently, the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, hosted a two day academic conference, the Seminar on Tibetan History. A scholar from the Bon monastery in Dolanji and I were graciously invited to …