• The Astana Cemetery (Chinese: 阿斯塔那古墓; pinyin: Āsītǎnà Gǔmù) is an ancient cemetery 37 kilometers (23 mi) southeast of Turpan, in Xinjiang, China, 6 kilometres...
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  • Malaysia Astana (radio), a news and music station broadcasting from Astana, Kazakhstan Astana Cemetery, an archaeological site in Xinjiang, China Astana TV...
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    (420–589 AD). Dumplings dated between 499 AD and 640 AD were found in the Astana Cemetery in northwestern modern-day China. It is generally believed that the...
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    CE) in China, and the earliest unearthed real jiaozi were found in Astana Cemetery dated between 499 CE and 640 CE. In ancient times, jiaozi were uncommon...
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    dynasty painting of Fuxi (right) and Nüwa (left) unearthed in the Astana Cemetery, Xinjiang. Similar to the depiction of Rahu and Ketu in Indian astrology...
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  • 7th century BCE. Carpet from Yanghai-1, 7th century BCE. Astana Cemetery Xiaohe Cemetery Cherchen Man, an early contemporary from the southern area...
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  • Astana Cemetery, Xinjiang Lingshan Islamic Cemetery, Fujian Cemetery of Zhaojun, Inner Mongolia Mawangdui at Changsha, Hunan Foochow Mission Cemetery...
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    Warring States period (c. 475–221 BC). Animals and trees, unearthed at Astana Cemetery in Turpan, Chinese Turkestan; 5th–6th century. Winged horse within...
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    Han culture was introduced early in its history. Fuxi and Nüwa, 1967 Astana Cemetery Nüwa is featured within the famed Ming dynasty novel Fengshen Bang...
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    Astana Giribangun (also "Giri Bangun"), is a mausoleum complex for the Suharto's family of the former President of Indonesia. The mausoleum is located...
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    indicates that the physical characteristics of those buried at Gumugou cemetery along the Kongque River near Lop Nur in Xinjiang are very similar to those...
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    A contract from the Tang dynasty found in the Astana Cemetery in Turfan that records the purchase of a 15-year-old slave for six bolts of plain silk and...
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    century AD (3) painting on a silk scroll of a female dancer from the Astana Cemetery of Gaochang (Turpan), c. 702 AD (4) female figure as the planet Venus...
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    female Sogdian slave was sold to a Chinese man, as recorded in an Astana cemetery legal document written in Sogdian. Khotan and Kucha were places where...
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    (高昌太守) under the Northern Liang of Gaochang. Excavated in 1972 in the Astana Cemetery Prince of Hexi Xiongnu Ethnic groups in Chinese history Five Barbarians...
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  • always their biggest market. Among the paper clothing found in the Astana cemetery near Turfan is a list of taxes paid on caravan trade in the Gaochang...
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    dynasty that records the purchase of a 15-year-old slave for six bolts of plain silk and five Chinese coins. Found in the Astana Cemetery in Turfan....
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    and wife, Nüwa Kharosthi script The life depicted on the tomb wall (Astana Cemetery) Statuette of a Greek soldier, from a 3rd-century BCE burial site north...
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    continued to refer to the town as Chīnanjkanth (Chinese town). In Astana Cemetery, a contract written in Sogdian detailing the sale of a Sogdian girl...
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    came from. Xizhou had a Han and Sogdian population. A record from the Astana Cemetery dating to 639 preserves the transaction where a Sogdian slave girl...
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    Constellations, Milkyway and Five Stars Picture of Fuxi and Nüwa from the Astana Cemetery Tang Dynasty Picture of Fuxi and Nuwa together with some constellations...
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    The lining of Futou (Chinese traditional male headwear) from the Astana Cemeteries, Xinjiang, China". Journal of Cultural Heritage. 27: 116–124. doi:10...
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    mausoleums, Shaanxi 89. Famen Temple pagoda base, Fufeng, Shaanxi 90. Astana Cemetery and documents, Turpan, Xinjiang 91. Shangjing Longquanfu, Ning'an,...
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  • The lining of Futou (Chinese traditional male headwear) from the Astana Cemeteries, Xinjiang, China". Journal of Cultural Heritage. 27: 116–124. doi:10...
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    Beshbalik Ruins 北庭故城遗址; Beiting gucheng yizhi Jimsar County 3-217 Astana Cemetery 阿斯塔那古墓群; Asitana gumuqun Turpan 3-241 Afaq Khoja Mausoleum 阿巴和加麻札(墓);...
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    Imogiri (redirect from Astana Kasuwargan)
    Moertjipto (translated by Hari Hartiko)(1992) The Legend of Imogiri – The Royal cemetery of Mataram Kingdom Jakarta, Directorate General of Tourism. Djumadi, Thojib...
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    The lining of Futou (Chinese traditional male headwear) from the Astana Cemeteries, Xinjiang, China". Journal of Cultural Heritage. 27: 116–124. doi:10...
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    East Java, Indonesia Astana Giribangun at Karanganyar, Central Java, Indonesia Imogiri complex in Imogiri, Central Java is the cemetery for Mataram royals...
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    Cemetery (Malay: Makam Diraja Pulau Chermin) is a Royal burial ground located at Pulau Cermin, one of the islands on the Brunei River. The cemetery served...
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    Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summits Beijing 2012 Dushanbe 2014 Astana 2017 Samarkand 2022 Astana 2024 Member states  Belarus  China  India  Iran  Kazakhstan...
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