Comments on: Does this Find Challenge China’s Claim to Balhae? http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/27/does-this-find-challenge-chinas-claim-to-balhae/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/27/does-this-find-challenge-chinas-claim-to-balhae/comment-page-1/#comment-362969 Joe Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:12:36 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=16089#comment-362969 TeaDrinker, How does that pic from your link even resemble the crown above? And why don't you read the full article. <a href="http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/08/27/2009082700883.html" rel="nofollow">http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009...</a> TeaDrinker,

How does that pic from your link even resemble the crown above? And why don't you read the full article.

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009…

]]> By: Teadrinker http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/27/does-this-find-challenge-chinas-claim-to-balhae/comment-page-1/#comment-362945 Teadrinker Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:07:08 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=16089#comment-362945 Korean crown? <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/mar/return-of-the-bactrian-gold/48-crown-300.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://discovermagazine.com/2007/mar/return-of-th...</a> Nope, it's Bactrian. It was found in what is now modern day Afghanistan. Sorry, Korean and Chinese historians, but thanks to the silk road the design of an artifact found in Asia is not always a clear indicator of the artisan's and the former owner's ethnic origins. Korean crown?

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/mar/return-of-th…

Nope, it's Bactrian. It was found in what is now modern day Afghanistan.

Sorry, Korean and Chinese historians, but thanks to the silk road the design of an artifact found in Asia is not always a clear indicator of the artisan's and the former owner's ethnic origins.

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