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  An intellectual feast - A Conference in honour of Prof Samuel N.C.Lieu on his Retirement-Don't read if you don't like ideas

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  i've been invited to attend this conference (limited attendance) and consider it an exciting privilege.

  maybe for many it would be too boring, as a poster said on one of my threads, (my paraphrase) " who cares about the past?".

  but, if i started my adult life as a brainwashed slave to yhwh/jesus (and, don't give me any shit about jw's ignoring jesus), i am finishing it as a (somewhat-grin) enlightened man who just may have some understanding of the development of world thought.

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  Florence

  I just stumbled across this post on google. How fascinating!
  
  The Uighurs Empire was the only polity to pursue Manichaeaism as a state sponsored religion. Regarding Arden-Wong's paper, would you know if he gave any specifics in relation to Manichaean architecture? As far as I'm aware, there have been no confirmed discoveries of explicit Manichaean architecture (unladen from later Buddhist development). A quick look at his Academia.edu page shows that he had been working with the DAI on their excavations of Karabalgasun - the capital of the Uighur Empire. Arden-Wong's insights and experience on this matter could be illuminating. Unfortunately he hasn't uploaded his paper on Manichaean architecture yet.
  
  Your observation that the further east one travels the more Chinese the architecture becomes makes perfect sense, although it is well-known that the Sogdians played a significant part in the development of the Uighur Empire (and other Turkic states). Moreover, the Uighurs held sway over large tracts of Central Asia at certain periods. Arden-Wong's other papers overwhelmingly point to the clear use of Chinese architecture, but also indicate the use of a hybrid-Central Asian method. I trust Arden-Wong would have given a reasonable explanation for the tendency of the Uighurs to employ Chinese-style architecture? I know it was some time ago, but would you happen to remember his reasoning?