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Good news! Qarakhanid Roads to China (2022) is a co-winner of the 2024 Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Award in History & Humanities. Many thanks to the award committee for this recognition!

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Weekly Georgian Etymology: დათვი datvi 'bear', from Old Georgian ႣႠႧჃႨ datwi, from Georgian-Zan *datw-, from Proto-Kartvelian *da(sʲ)tw-. Unquestionably ancient in Kartvelian, it may yet be an ancient loan from Akkadian 𒊍 dabītu 'she-bear' into the protolanguage.

Delighted to introduce a fantastic set of papers with my co-chair Xia Chen of the very first edition of Silk Roads papers. These are written by award winners of the Youth Research Grant - that is such an exciting part of the #SilkRoads programme UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0…

BREAKING NEWS. The end of an era. The #Taliban approved the destruction of the ancient #Buddhist city of #MesAynak #Afghanistan by #Chinese company MCC. For more on the effort to save #MesAynak, please watch "Saving Mes Aynak" by Brent E. Huffman savingmesaynak.com

Back at #Otrar #Otyrar 🇰🇿 where we are excavating #Qarakhanid period buildings (c.11th-12th century). Archaeologist Tata has found a beautiful decorated pot sherd. Thanks to BIPS King's Silk Roads & Cambridge Archaeology for funding & support!

Still finding lots of amazing #Qarakhanid period material at #Otrar #Otyrar 🇰🇿 Today archaeologist Mariam has been excavating this big ceramic basin, we have also discovered drainage pipes nearby. In-house plumbing from c. 11th century 🤩

More amazing pottery in our trench at #Otrar #Otyrar 🇰🇿 Archaeologists Tata and Marekhi are piecing together this beautiful vessel as they excavate in this morning’s sunshine ☀️

Looking forward to hearing Said Reza Huseini (PhD in History) on Chinggisid kingship this Friday, 18 October, at 2 pm as the second speaker in this term's seminar series – all are very welcome to join! In person in Keynes Hall at King's, or register to watch online at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Delighted to host Rachel Mairs from Classics@UnivReading who will present 'Regime Change and the Archaeological Record of Old Kandahar'. Fri 25th Oct at 2pm in the Audit Room King's College, Cambridge and on Zoom. All very welcome! kings.cam.ac.uk/research/silk-…

Looking forward to hearing our very own Katie Campbell on #Otrar this Friday, 1 November, at 2 pm as the fourth speaker in this term's seminar series – all very welcome! In person in the Audit Room at King's, or register to watch online at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist….

Join us for a round table on 'Democracy in Georgia' 🇬🇪 Friday 8th at 2pm UK time, at this week's King's College, Cambridge #SilkRoads Seminar. Featuring experts, Beka Kobakhidze Ilia State University Kornely Kakachia and Nino Robakidze. All very welcome! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Exciting new role! Head of Curatorial Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge University. Come and lead our fantastic curatorial team across research, display/exhibition projects and acquisitions & much more. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48505/

Our colleagues Durham Archaeology & University of al-Qadisiyah in Iraq have used declassified spy satellite images to help locate the lost site of a famous early Islamic battle, #Battleofalqadisiyyah which took place in 637/8AD. Find out more👇🏻cambridge.org/core/journals/… 🅰ntiquity Journal

Thrilled to be welcoming the curators of British Museum's #SilkRoads exhibition this Friday, 15 November, at 2 pm – all very welcome! In person in Keynes Hall at King's, or register to watch online at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist….

Delighted to welcome Prof. Sussan Babaie of The Courtauld this Friday, 22 November, at 2 pm, for a talk on arts and Mongol connections – as ever, all very welcome! In person in Keynes Hall at King's, or register to watch online at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist….

Join us 2pm this Friday (6th) King's College, Cambridge and online for our own Angus Russell of King's Silk Roads & MMLL Cambridge who will present 'Tamga: taxation, morality and trade in post-Mongol Eurasia'. All very welcome! Info and sign up: kings.cam.ac.uk/research/silk-…

The Mongol Zoominar returns Friday Jan 17 (14:30 CET) with our first meeting for 2025: “Plague and Famine: Global and Local Perspectives” with Philip Slavin and Chun Xu Check out the invitation and link in the poster

Excited to welcome Michael D. Frachetti of WashU Anthropology & Farhad Maksudov, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences-Tashkent Branch presenting on the abandoned city of Tugunbulak 🇺🇿 for the first King's College, Cambridge #SilkRoads seminar of the term! 2pm, Fri 31st Jan UK time kings.cam.ac.uk/research/silk-…

Join us this Friday, the 14th for Susanne Reichert from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn for: 'The economics of building cities in the steppes: Karakorum, the former capital of the Mongol World Empire'. 2pm UK time, King's College, Cambridge & online. All very welcome! Sign up & info: kings.cam.ac.uk/research/silk-…