This is one of four Nanjing Museum photo albums. They include ancient bronze; jade; pottery & porcelain; and lacquerware, outdoor exhibits, and miscellaneous. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/NanjingMuseumPotteryPorcelain#
This is one of four Nanjing Museum photo albums. They include ancient bronze; jade; pottery & porcelain; and lacquerware, outdoor exhibits, and miscellaneous. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/NanjingMuseumJade#
This is one of four Nanjing Museum photo albums. They include ancient bronze; jade; pottery & porcelain; and lacquerware, outdoor exhibits, and miscellaneous. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/NanjingMuseumAncientBronze#
This is one of four Nanjing Museum photo albums. They include ancient bronze; jade; pottery & porcelain; and lacquerware, outdoor exhibits, and miscellaneous. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/NanjingMuseumLacquerwareMiscellaneousArtifacts#
This memorial commemorates the 300,000 or so victims of a 6-week rampage by invading Japanese troops in Nanjing in 1937. Iris Chang’s, The Rape of Nanking, is an excellent popular account of this forgotten holocaust of WWII. The museum contains many photos which have been published elsewhere, so I did not copy them here. But [...]
Hong Xiuquan led perhaps the largest peasant uprising in history, from 1850 to 1864. Claiming to be a younger brother of Jesus, Hong established his Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (Taiping Tianguo) in Nanjing. From there he sent armies to try to conquer the Qing Dynasty and establish himself as emperor. This quasi-Christian rebellion inspired [...]
Zijin Shan, or Purple Mountain, lies on the edge of Nanjing. It is the burial place of Sun Quan, the king of Wu during the 3rd century Three Kingdoms Period, and of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming Emperor (Hongwu). It houses the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen), founder of the Guomindong and of [...]
I stumbled upon this museum by accident, but have always loved dinosaurs and almost majored in paleontology in college. However, I guess I just don’t have enough faith to believe all the macroevolutionary dogma, especially after seeing too many evolutionists get creamed in debates with creationists who raised too many embarrassing questions. Some years ago [...]
Nanjing has a long and fascinating history, some of which is showcased in this and several other Nanjing photo albums on my website. When Zhu Yuanzhang (Emperor Hongwu, 1368-1398) established the Ming Dynasty, he made Nanjing his capital, built the city walls shown here, and built a palace which was later destroyed. The view of [...]
Every fall Sias University hosts an International Culture Week featuring a different part of the world each day. Teachers and students from the featured lands set up displays in Italian Square, present talks and workshops, and perform in the Roman Amphitheater in the evening. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International [...]