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 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
Beijing Olympics Helped Archaeologists Discover an 800-Year-Old Imperial Palace
While building the athletes’ Olympic Village for this year’s Winter Games in Beijing, China discovered the remains of an ancient Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) palace.It was found near Taizicheng village in the Hebei Province. Less than an hour from Beijing by
Noodles in Chinese and Armenian traditional cuisine
Zhongjiang dried noodle (面条), purely handmade, can be traced back to ancient China's Song Dynasty (960-1297). It is well known in China as it is as thin as hair and tastes as tender as bean curd. The humid weather of
East Asian Cultural Exchange in Tiger and Dragon Paintings
Walking tigers and dragons depicted with water were popular visual compositions across East Asia, and for this reason, the specific origins of the Met’s paintings remain an enigma. The visual pairing of tigers and dragons has a long history in
