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Iran,Xinjiang Uyghur and Central Asia.
http://t.co/SInRkogYq5
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#GasherbrumI aka #K5:
11th highest mountain in the world located on the #PakChina border in #GilgitBaltistan #Pakistan and #Xinjiang #China
#rebelpepper Tightens Security Among Uyghurs in Xinjiang https://t.co/ITlaUT3tUw
Two sides from a panel painted by Yuchi Yiseng/Viśa Īrasangä from the E. Iranic Saka kingdom of Khotan, in what is now Xinjiang, China, during the early Tang Dynasty (600 CE). On the left is the "Hindu" god Shiva. On the right is the Persian hero Rustam from the Shahnameh.
A large, long-necked #Xinjiangtitan for @AnimalAlphabets #extinct #dinosaur #animalalphabets #death
A Xinjiangtitan for #ExtinctAnimals #AnimalAlphabets. @AnimalAlphabets #Xinjiangtitan
It’s @AnimalAlphabets time! The #Xinjiangtitan is one of the largest dinosaurs ever! But alsonhad an insanely small head! Must’ve been doing some prehistoric juicing! #AnimalAlphabets
X is for the #Extinct #Xinjiangtitan.
#AnimalAlphabets @AnimalAlphabets
Not folks you'd expect to find in organized crime:
-an ex-soldier & dancer with a metal leg
-a farmer turned live-streamer from Inner Mongolia
-a nomadic music teacher from Xinjiang
-a monk exiled for being physically incapable of not shouting everything he says
Results from the #paleostream!
The Argentavis is maybe one of the most credible depictions you might find online in the moment, Julian and I were discussing a lot the proportions of this guy, and how feather length changes with size. Procoptodon, Dagon, Xinjianglong. #paleoart
Abduhelil Ablahat, an Uzbek held in China's Xinjiang camps, before his detention (c. June 2017), and after release on April 13 2019.
(source: https://t.co/9rIojPUSyt)
Xinjiangtitan shanshanensis
(the neck was longer than my artwork shows, its hard to fit sauropods on pages without having to draw them smaller.)
FINALLY able to finish the last few letters for #AnimalAlphabets prehistoric animals series!
X for Xinjiangtitan!🦕
#AnimalAlphabets #Xinjiangtitan #extinct #prehistoric #dinosaurs
Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves with Kumajariva Monument. Aksu, East Turkestan/Xinjiang, China, long the Silk Road.
Via @PicsSilkRoad https://t.co/GjXweH5UnG
Portraits of Uyghur noblewomen from the Bezeklik Caves, Xinjiang, ca. 8th-9th c. The left could also be a Bodhisattva or a heavenly attendant of the Buddha. Buddhist art of Uyghur Kingdom is known primarily for its marvelous paintings; a sculpted masterpiece like this is rare.
Fragment of an unusual 9th-c Uyghur painting from Bezeklik, Xinjiang. Buddhist deities are painted on both sides of a plastered cotton cloth, which raises questions about where & how it was displayed originally. Both melons held by the goddess & cotton are specialties of Turfan