UPDATE 07/01/10 - The CBC is now reporting that "final negotiations are underway to stage an exhibition of the famed Qin dynasty soldier figures." So unless some major problem occurs we should have a warriors announcement on January 27.
Heritage Key has just got confirmation that a major archaeology exhibition on Ancient China will be coming to the Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto, this June.
Calling it a “very very large exhibition” Dr. Dan Rahimi, the museum’s Vice-President for Gallery Development, confirmed it in an interview with Heritage Key this morning. It will be held in the same gallery that was used for the Dead Sea Scroll exhibit that just wrapped up.
Submitted by Sean Williams on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:52
404 years ago a group of Catholic rebels were caught trying to blow up Parliament. Their failure, subsequent torture and gruesome deaths, have become the focus for one of the year's highlights, when millions of Brits will venture outside to light bonfires, burn effigies and set off around 30,000 tons of gunpowder in firework displays great and small.
Yet while most of those marvelling at rockets, firecrackers and Catherine Wheels will know about Guy Fawkes and his ill-advised plotters, not many will know fireworks go back thousands of years before, in ancient China.
Xiuzhen Janice Li received her BA in archaeology from Peking University, China and an MA in Field Archaeology from the University College London.
She has conducted research and led excavations in pits at the Museum of the Qin Terracotta Warriors Army in Xian, China for almost 20 years. She has written several scholarly articles and has been the Senior Curator in recent years.
As curator from the Chinese Party, she has organised numerous exhibitions and travelled extensively with the Terracotta Warriors, in particular the 2007 First Emperor exhibition at the British Museum, London.
Janice is currently working towards her PhD in archaeometalurgy on bronze weapons unearthed from the Emperor Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Army.
Research published this month by an American team, led by Harvard Professor Irene Good, says that the Indus Valley Civilization started producing silk textiles at roughly the same time as Ancient China.
The silk fibres they found are from the Indus sites of Harappa and and Chanhu-daro and date from between 2,450 – 2,000 B.C. The team used a high-powered polarizing microscope to make the identification.
Archaeologists found the Harappa silk fibres during digs conducted in 1999 and 2000 but researchers only recently identified them as being silk. The fibre from Chanhu-daro was actually uncovered in the 1930’s but again was not identified as silk until now.
Submitted by Intertexty on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 13:31
The world’s third largest economy may command respect for its military might and new superpower status. But director John Woo wants to use the universal stories of ancient China to build a more culturally respected worldview of the great nation.
Submitted by Intertexty on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 17:31
Can the action-fest director of Hard Target (1993), Face/Off (1997) and Bulletproof Monk (2003) really deliver a respectful blockbuster about China’s bloody past?
Set in 208CE and comprising amazing visual effects, John Woo’s Red Cliff is an epic war movie that sets pulses racing to a pedometer-busting rate. But recreating the most famous military feat in Chinese history is no easy task.
Calling it a “very very large exhibition” Dr. Dan Rahimi, the museum’s Vice-President for Gallery Development, confirmed it in an interview with Heritage Key this morning. It will be held in the same gallery that was used for the 
The world’s third largest economy may command respect for its military might and new superpower status. But director 
