The holy city of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka is the alleged home of a map that could unlock the secrets of the universe.

Its location right at the borders of Europe and Asia have made it an important crossroads that empires have battled for throughout history. Iraq, the cradle of ancient Mesopotamia, holds immense ...

The map of Turkestan basically resembles the borders of the ... In this light, the scenario in Central Asia, in some aspects, fits nicely with colonial history in general. Asia Society’s purpose is to ...

The Pulse of Asia: a Journey in Central Asia illustrating the Geographic Basis of History. By Ellsworth Huntington. Pp. xxi + 416. (London: A. Constable and Co., Ltd.; Boston and New York ...

It’s a very busy city, with a rich history and many famous landmarks, such as the Tower of London, and the Houses of Parliament. Far away on the other side of the world in Asia is a country ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists. In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of ...

This three-part speaker series is a collaboration between Asia Society Seattle and Seattle Asian Art Museum. Patrick Beyrer analyzes the political and regulatory challenges to U.S.-China collaboration ...