Welcome on another Flight of the Khyung! This month and in the months to follow this newsletter shall highlight discoveries made on the Upper Tibet Rock Art Expedition II…
…Lands Expedition (WYLE). As those who read the May issue of Flight of the Khyung will know, wildlife sighting was a memorable part of WYLE. Nevertheless, the search for wild…
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…
…Large permanent structures in Upper Tibet allude to the existence of a ruling and sacerdotal elite. The network of strongholds in Upper Tibet is in keeping with a political structure…
…yaks featured below are as much as 3000 years old. These paintings and carvings come from the caves, cliffs and boulders of uppermost Tibet. This newsletter constitutes the first part…
Welcome to Flight of the Khyung, your journey to the mysteries of ancient Tibet! This month’s newsletter boasts an article about recent archaeological discoveries in Ladakh, written by Dr….
…rare in Upper Tibet. Moreover, they share only limited iconographical affinities with Yungdrung Bon depictions. I have suggested previously that the wrathful figure under examination was made circa 700–1000 CE,…
…Upper Tibet, but this will have to wait until the next Flight of the Khyung. Snowed over with other work, I am unable to write such a long newsletter this…
…with their territorial purview differ significantly, these two cultures shared many architectural and esthetic traits in common. The swastika, sun and moon painted in red ochre, probably datable to the…
…Lhatse (Lha-rtse) in Central Tibet. So there is much to share with you this month and in the issues to follow. Let us begin with what I believe to be…
…part of a three-part article. The second feature in this newsletter reviews a recent article by Mark Aldenderfer and Jacqueline T. Eng. I use their excellent work as a platform…
…nation at large. The great khaans of the Middle Ages readily understood that religious tolerance was a must in a multicultural empire. As long as those subjected to Mongol rule…
…for posting on the website by a highly competent technical staff at the University of Virginia (headed by Professor David Germano). I will certainly announce in my newsletter when the…
…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…
…in this run-up to the Beijing Olympics; business as usual is not the best option for the leaders of China. Focus on Baltistan In this month’s newsletter, I have elected…
…indomitable group of spirit-mediums still carry on their hoary practices today. In my 2005 book Calling Down the Gods, I announced that top spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet not appearing in…
…complement the August newsletter on tigers, two more ancient felines are presented for your inspection, one from the rock art record and one from a collection of amulets for sale…
…monument still popular in the Tibetan world today. If this polychrome painting was of the protohistoric period (100 BCE to 650 CE), it would be better identified as a sekhar…
…part of this article is featured in last month’s newsletter. Before we view the art, let us revisit the elusive term Bon / bon. A better definition of Bon in…
…religious predecessors of today’s Bon religion. According to Bon tradition, Gyer is the Zhang Zhung language equivalent of the term ‘Bon’. In particular, the three-kilometer-long headland known as Gyer Ru…
…beginning to shed light on these subjects. Both the rock art and monumental records demonstrate that ancient Ladakh and Upper Tibet shared certain cultural affinities. In this newsletter we shall…
…heights. The rivers are falling and clearing. Soon they will become aquamarine and lucid due to the lessening of the runoff. Runoff is restricted as temperatures drop and the monsoon…
…at seven mountaintop strongholds documented on the Changthang Circuit Expedition (1999) and the Upper Tibet Circumnavigation Expedition (2000). In this newsletter you will see some of the first published color…
