As the world prepares for #COP28, the onus is on global leaders & wealthy nations to put real funding towards #LossAndDamage & halting #ClimateChange. The Guardian piece co-written with Saleemul Huq shortly before his untimely death on Saturday. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Desembarco de merinas en Soria. A los rebaños trashumantes se les tiene gran respeto en las ciudades, al menos el par de veces al año que las atraviesan. Esto no se refleja en las vías pecuarias, pues los anchos caminos de antaño a menudo acaban invadidos por usos ilegales.

Thrilled to announce the publication of my co-edited volume Brill Asian Studies with Ryan Overbey, _Beyond the Silk and Book Roads: Rethinking Networks of Exchange and Material Culture_, featuring ten essays from an international cohort of scholars: brill.com/edcollbook/tit…

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With the inclusion of #Transhumance in 🇦🇱🇦🇩🇦🇹🇭🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹🇱🇺🇷🇴 & 🇪🇸 in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 has aired the following video that depicts their hosting communities: youtu.be/s8BJfOs7R30 For some of the supporting evidence for the sustainability of... (1/2)

The original picture does not do the Ar Tsaidam/Aluchaideng crown justice. The falcon's tail moves with the wearer! See my 2022 thread for a detailed exploration of this dazzling artifact – with lots of high-quality photos: x.com/csen_nomads/st… [Image credits in thread]

You've heard about Christians in medieval China, but would you've thought there are still physical remains of a medieval church in China? The are the ruins of the Temple of the Cross 十字寺 in the magnificent mountains right outside of Beijing! 🧵1/

Left: Gold mask, Rouran khaganate, Shamsi cemetery, Kyrgyzstan. 5th century Right: Gold Face Mask from Parthian Graves at Nineveh, Iraq. 1st-2nd century.

On this day 112 years ago - 29 December 1911 -, the Bogd Khaan declared the independence of #Mongolia in Urga (now Ulaanbaatar). 3 days before the proclamation of the Republic of China, it was the first new state to emerge from the collapsing #Qing Empire. /