World’s oldest leather shoe excavated in Armenia
Stuffed with grass, perhaps as an insulator or an early shoe tree, the 5,500-year-old moccasin-like shoe was found exceptionally well preserved—thanks to a surfeit of sheep dung—during a recent dig in an Armenian cave.About as big as a current women's
The world’s oldest known pants found in China
What little rain that falls on a gravelly desert in western China's Tarim Basin evaporates as it hits the blistering turf. Here, in this arid wasteland, lie the ancient remains of people who made one of the biggest fashion splashes
The rug for the Olympic Games held in Los Angeles woven by an Armenian
An Armenian refugee Pilibos Kazanjian who settled in the United States after the Armenian Genocide of 1895, wove an exquisite rug dedicated to the 1932 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles. A photograph of him and this rug appeared in
The silk robe of the Armenian woman from Ayntab: made in China or inspired by Chinese art?
by Ani Margaryan The items in the Baghdasarian-Melkissetian collection once belonged to Lena Baghdasarian-Melkissetian’s grandmother, Lioni Nalbantian, are of great interest to the art researchers. It is known, that Lena Baghdasarian was married in Ayntab to Simon Nalbantian who was a
The Karashamb Goblet- the epitome of the Bronze Age Armenian social hierarchy and beliefs
The Goblet from the 22nd - 21st centuries BCE was discovered in Karashamb - a village in the Kotayk region of Armenia. It is kept in the History Museum of Armenia. The goblet was found in 1987 in the village
Comics with the themes of the Winter Olympics and the Year of the Tiger exhibited in Zhejiang
The Zhejiang Exhibition Center is having an exhibit of comics with the themes of the Winter Olympics and the Year of the Tiger. The comics were illustrated by both local and abroad artists willing to share their whimsy ideas and
The stamps of the official national postal operator of Armenia- HayPost, on the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Tiger
The stamps of the official national postal operator of Armenia- HayPost, on the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Tiger
The story behind an Armenian photograph
The story behind this photograph has been passed down from generation to generation. In 1898, Bedros Murachanian (pictured with his parents, names unknown) received a premonition from God that he and his family should flee Diyarbakir city. The family fled
The Chinese print art created by local artists exhibited in Guangdong
The Chaozhou Museum of Art in South China’s Guangdong province is holding an exhibit of print art created during the past centennial by local artists. The diverse style and approaches to the printing techniques are the aftermath of both artistic development
The Chinese artist’s female busts intricately fused with landscapes
Yuanxing Liang redefines the bust sculpture with his intricate fantasy art. The prototyping teacher crafts intricate portraits featuring faces of women that are fused with delicate flourishes and elements of landscapes. Most notably, their hair becomes a site of surrealism;
