The Bowers Museum clearly has someone working for them who is both extremely persuasive, and very well-connected in China, in order to negotiate such an…
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Collie
Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!
The amazing mummies of the Tarim Basin
I was going to write in a rather scholarly mode about my visit to the Tarim mummies, but I think all my “scholarly” has been…
Continue ReadingOn the way to Urumchi… ;)
I’m here, woohoo! I’m sitting in the hostel near Bowers Museum, happily nibbling on my beef stew and playing with the hostel’s wifi. This is…
Continue ReadingSouthern migration for the Mummies of Urumchi!
Planning a trip down to the LA area this weekend for a potentially once-in-a-lifetime experience. Some of the astonishingly well-preserved Tarim mummies from China will…
Continue ReadingThese are the days! (2 of 2)
Interestingly, I recently stumbled across some old high school friends on-line. It was gratifying how pleased they were to find me again (see previous posting…
Continue ReadingThese are the days! (1 of 2)
This morning the radio alarm woke me to the bouncy, upbeat-sounding strains of Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days.” I like the music, although I confess to…
Continue ReadingDegrees of silliness
A friend amusedly pointed out that I seem to be educationally following Arthur C. Clarke’s “Odyssey” books: I graduated with a bachelor’s in 2001, and…
Continue ReadingThe Genghis Khan Exhibition at the Tech (3 of 3)
The other really nice display on a 3-dimensional model was of a 19th-20th century shaman in full regalia. I was inordinately delighted by this (much…
Continue ReadingThe Genghis Khan Exhibition at the Tech (2 of 3)
We have the same situation of frustratingly half-told stories occurring repeatedly in the Tech’s exhibit. For example, exactly one sentence was dedicated to Genghis’ daughters,…
Continue ReadingThe Genghis Khan Exhibition at the Tech (1 of 3)
Try any of these books for more on this fascinating and amazing era. The Secret History of the Mongols was written a scant 20 years…
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