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Scholar, explorer, writer, and pilgrim John Vincent
Bellezza is widely recognized as the foremost specialist in the cultural
history of Upper Tibet. He has lived in the high Himalaya for over
a quarter of a century. A visiting scholar at the University of Virginia,
Bellezza has written extensively on the nomads, history and culture
of Upper Tibet. A pioneer in his field, he is credited with the discovery
of hundreds of pre-Buddhist archaeological sites, describing the monuments
and the people that built them in great detail. The Iron Age civilization
he has charted is increasingly equated with Zhang Zhung, Tibet’s
fabled ancient kingdom and source of much of her culture.
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| Elderly singers of the ancient shun ballads of western Tibet |
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Rare pictograph of early Bon religious practitioner |
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