Archaeology The retreat cave used by Lopon Tenzin Namdak in the 1950s, Gyer Ru Tsho The Zhang Zhung necropolis of Yulkhambu A cave in Guge All-stone corbelled roof of a Zhang Zhung era edifice Archers hunting yaks and other wild herbivores, western Tibet A chorten carving dating to the early historic period An ancient Bon island hermitage Carvings of deer and other animals in western Tibet Megalithic array Little Mountain Temple, Ruthok Bon chorten and swastika, early historic period An early Bon stupa pictograph The remains of a large citadel in Guge The White Castle, Ruthok The counterclockwise swastika of Bon A wrathful Bonpo of Zhang Zhung Carvings of deer and other animals in western Tibet Lone stele Mountaintop dwelling place of the dwarfs The remains of a Zhang Zhung era sekhar Temple remains associated with Zhang Zhung’s chief goddess, Drablai Gyalmo Pre-Buddhist temple remains in Guge Extremely precious fresco of Tapihritsa, the 25th member of an august Bon lineage The sacred Bon mountian Tagri Trabo, the abode of the queen of western Tibet The remains of an Upper Tibetan pre-Buddhist citadel The entrance to an underground meditation chamber A carving of a Buddhist Mahasiddha Pre-Buddhist cave shelters at Lake Nam Tsho An ancient Bon hub Iron Age Tibetan knives rescued from the antiques market and donated to the TAR Provincial Museum by the Tibetan Medical Foundation A pictograph of a sage Early Bon figure An ancient tabernacle rock carving A stone shrine inside the great citadel of Gekho, Zhang Zhung’s chief god A red ochre Bon chorten An island shrine, Lake Nam Tsho Large funerary pillars in southwestern Tibet A pictograph of a tiger with gaping jaws Bon ruins at Lake Darok The interior of A Phuk The ancients on the move A habitational cave in Guge A Zhang Zhung sekhar The ruins of an early Bon temple The Warrior Queen Goddess’s Island bastion The Castle of the Dwarfs, Guge Ancient mountaintop fortifications in the middle of the Changthang Iron Age megaliths of Upper Tibet A partial view of the remains of a pre-Buddhist stronghold Bon pictograph of flaming jewels A Phuk Zhang Zhung cave hermitage Walled-in pillars of Zhang Zhung A Zhang Zhung mausoleum dated to circa 500 CE, Shungpa The ground plan of a Zhang Zhung era temple Priceless Tibetan bridle rescued and donated to the TAR Provincial Museum by John and friends The interior of a Zhang Zhung all-stone corbelled edifice The remains of a pre-Buddhist temple The khyung, the horned eagle of Tibet Pre-Buddhist cave complex in Guge Lion talismans from Tibet’s dynastic era Fortifications of the ancient Mon tribe in Gertse A leveled Zhang Zhung hermitage An early citadel in Upper Tibet A Zhang Zhung stronghold on the shores of Lake Dangra A red ochre Bon endless knot upon which the Buddhist mani mantra was carved An array of funerary pillars where human remains have been dated to circa 800 BCE A superb portrait of a pre-Buddhist Bon priest A mountaintop cubic tomb Ancient Bon shrines A nomad of western Tibet wearing a celestial metal amulet 11th century Buddhist paintings discovered at Nyak The interior of a pre-Buddhist all-stone corbelled edifice The ancient cave city of Piwang in Guge A Zhang Zhung tower