the examples under examination in this newsletter. It must be stressed that the Bon and archaic finials do not necessarily share the the same symbolism. With the domination of Buddhism…
…come. The seminar was opened by a number of Tibetan dignitaries, the foremost of which was His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama encouraged the attendees to search for…
…work is co-authored by Devkota and myself. Please continue reading for the latest strides in the study of early Mustang. Obscured for Centuries: The Lost Rock Art of Lo…
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…
…perspective on the dawn of civilization in Tibet. The writing of this article was made possible by a grant from the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation (New York). This year’s…
…Tibet and to searching out their kith and kin across Inner Asia. This is my first stab at this fascinating subject matter, something to get me and readers thinking more…
…and are generally not glaciated. Have any Westerners come this way since Independence? While walking today we witnessed men fishing. A group of men formed a row across a branch…
…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…
…of two famous lakes is benefited by my subsequent research and exploration. Yet, much remains to be done. Most of the photos featured in this newsletter have never before been…
The big event in Chengdu, China This month’s Flight of the Khyung buzzes in and out of Tibet to provide readers with news from a recent archaeological conference in…
…Upper Tibet in this newsletter with further discoveries in store for you, both good and bad ones. I wish first to call readers’ attention to the September and October newsletters:…
…The stone tools and ceramics of Kharub share a few stylistic and technical affinities with those of Neolithic cultures from the Yellow River basin, particularly the Yangshao culture (circa 4800–3000…
Welcome to another enlivening Flight of the Khyung! This month’s issue and those to follow will present some of the latest archaeological discoveries in Tibet. See here for the…
…Zhung, an amalgam of chiefdoms and cultural orders, flourished from circa 1000 BCE to 650 CE. After a transitional period during Tibetan dynastic rule, Ngari emerged as one of Asia’s…
…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…
the Dzamathang site. Similar style felines are found in the rock art of Ruthok (Ru-thog). Although the Ruthok feline pictured above was much more deeply carved, it shares a long…
…you may want to have another look at last October’s newsletter. A new supplemental piece at the end of it discusses the dating of human remains found in an Upper…
…skeleton of an elderly male, redware vessels, charcoal, iron implements, the horn of a ruminant, and other bone remains were recovered. The corpse was found with copper bangles that once…
…the most lucid skies of the year but instead, I have pulled out photocopies of my many old journals and opened up somewhere in the middle. My random search turned…
…geopolitical balance will give us all enough to contend with in 2010. Ideally, such universal challenges will motivate each us to search for answers that foster peace, dignity and justice,…
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…
…one of Tibet’s holiest lakes! Our destination is a mysterious retreat center tucked away in a hidden gorge overlooking splendid Lake Dangra. The second article in this month’s newsletter reviews…
Welcome to another Flight of the Khyung! The horned eagle flies swift and high, making more progress in the timely delivery of these monthly newsletters. The last issue featured…
order to keep my website fresh and interesting, I intend to author a monthly newsletter. In this forum, I shall present reviews of my latest scholarly findings and updates about…
…archaeology and GIS, and I worked on improving the geographic coordinates of the 678 archaic sites I have documented in Upper Tibet to date. By using the latest Google Earth…
…the forefront, the old meeting the new in dramatic and edifying ways. The last part of the newsletter is devoted to a sacred geographic realm in Upper Tibet, a point…
…It seems rather ironic to me, but then the marketplace seems to drive everything these days, with so much of human culture and language falling by the wayside in the…
Finally, here it is: the latest issue of Flight of the Khyung! My travels in eastern Tibet delayed publication by more than two weeks. It has been three years…
…newsletter was written by Dr. Alex McKay and is entitled “In Search of Zhang Zhung–The ‘Grey and Empty Land’?” (pp. 185–206). McKay begins by noting that archaeological findings must be…
…end of April, I attended a seminar in Mumbai about Shri Ashtapad, the greatest and most elusive of Jain temples. I think just about everyone who reads this newsletter will…
