by virtual360 | 29 Jan 2026 | eLibrary
eLibrary: Early Ottoman Art This exhibition follows the Ottomans from a frontier beylik to a rising imperial power, revealing how a distinct artistic language first took shape. Through rare objects and the architecture that framed them, it captures a world on the cusp...
by virtual360 | 29 Jan 2026 | eLibrary
eLibrary: Gandhara Between the 2nd and 5th centuries CE, Gandhara flourished where India, Persia, and the Greco-Roman world converged. Here, sculptors gave the Buddha human form — serene, compassionate, and enduring. This exhibition traces that meeting of faith and...
by virtual360 | 11 Dec 2025 | eLibrary
eLibrary: Afrasiab Welcome to this virtual journey into Samarkand's Afrasiab murals, rare survivors of a vanished world. Painted in the 7th century, these fragments once decorated the palace of the rulers of ancient Samarkand, depicting ambassadors, processions, and...
by virtual360 | 11 Dec 2025 | eLibrary
eLibrary: Mali The Mali Empire (c. 1235-1470) expanded from the upper Niger River to dominate West Africa. It’s power rested on control of key resources and the trade routes that carried them across the Sahara. Mali’s exports included gold from the Bambuk and Bure...
by virtual360 | 16 Sep 2025 | eLibrary
eLibrary: Siraf Explore the rise and decline of Siraf, a major port on Iran’s Gulf coast from 750 to 1000 CE. This exhibition brings together architecture, ceramics, anchors, and environmental evidence to show how maritime trade, coastal change, and human resilience...
by virtual360 | 16 Sep 2025 | eLibrary
eLibrary: Sattahip Ko Khram Shipwreck Discovered inland in 2013, the Phanom-Surin wreck is a rare, nearly intact 9th-century vessel linked to the Dvaravati culture of central Thailand. Though carrying little cargo, it offers unique insights into early ship...
