The Tomb of Ān Jiā, also sometimes read Ān Qié (Chinese: 安伽墓石門暨圍屏石榻; lit. 'Stone tomb gate and couch of An Jia'), is a Northern Zhou period (557–581 CE)...

merchant An Jia with a Turkic Chieftain in his yurt. An Jia (right) brokering an alliance with Turks (left). Sogdian musicians on the tomb of Wirkak, Northern...

The tomb of Wirkak, 580 CE, Xi'an City Museum Tomb of Yu Hong, 592 CE, Shanxi Museum. Xu, Jin 徐津 (1 January 2019). "The Funerary Couch of An Jia and the...

Ye and An Jia. Wirkak open sarcophagus, with skeleton. Wirkak tomb content. Wirkak tomb gold coin (a Byzantine gold coin replica). Wirkak tomb gold jewelry...

leaders of the Sogdian immigrant-merchant community. Numerous Turkic men appear in the reliefs of the Miho funerary couch. As for the Tomb of An Jia, the...

yurt. 579 CE, Tomb of An Jia, Xi’an, China. The Sogdian trader An Jia (right) brokering an alliance with Turks (left). 579 CE, Tomb of An Jia, Xi’an, China...

set out quickly in hopes of beating an encroaching lighting storm. As they leave, Jia notices Mason has brought 6 vials of anti-venom with him. As the...

hunting a red deer Tomb of Wirkak Iranians in China Huteng dance Sasanian art Tomb of An Jia Tomb of Kang Ye Shanxi, Provincial Institute of Archeology. "The...

68.4 meters in length, typical of imperial tombs of the period, but without a tumulus at Emperor Wu's request. The tomb was raided numerous times by looters...

also posited as having originated from an obscure Suo state (索國), north of the Xiongnu. According to the Book of Sui and the Tongdian, they were "mixed...