On the occasion of the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations, UNESCO and the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO will host a Symposium on “Youth Dialogue on ...

Contrary to common the thesis, G. Sultonova argues that in the 16 th and early 17 th centuries trade relations between Bukhara and Yarkend khanates did not lose their importance despite long periods ...

UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education ...

This team or group is for discussing existing standards in any sector and its further usage along with modification needed for betterment of standard or for creating better standards or benchmarks for ...

Religious movements and religions have had an important role on the history of the Silk Roads. It is notably the case of Buddhism which had a considerable influence on the early trade routes. Within ...

In the early 17 th century, the Dutch introduced the printing press into the Dutch East Indies. Two centuries later, Christian missionaries launched a large-scale campaign of publishing texts in Malay ...

The Library of Malatesta Novello, the last ancient library dating from immediately before the invention of printing, embodies the very concept of a humanist library. With its building, furnishings and ...

These manuscripts are significant in terms of their historical, intellectual and aesthetic value. Tantra apart, the text contains detailed discussions of astrology and astronomy. There is also the ...

As part of the UNESCO project entitled "Integral Study of the Silk Road, Roads of Dialogue", hundreds of hours of video footage were taken from UNESCO expeditions along these Silk Roads, regional ...

Iranians enjoy a global reputation in carpet weaving, and the carpet weavers of Fars, located in the south-west of Iran, are among the most prominent. Wool for the carpets is shorn by local men in ...

Along with cultural elements, traditions, and religious beliefs, languages also travelled on the Silk Roads. Spread into the western regions of the Silk Roads, Arabic is one of the languages that was ...