[MR] Khan's Treasures on Exhibit at the Met

[Sharon Henderson]

Gentle cousins,

I bring word of what sounds like a lovely day-trip northward to NYC:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/Khubilai.Khan/index.html

The artifacts range from the simple to the sublime: a belt buckle, a hat
with a beaded strap, paintings, clothing, horse-related items--all the way
up to a fragment of a building and a piece of the famous Cloth of Gold raved
about by Marco Polo.

The exhibit will run until January of 2011.  The CNN site also has a travel
article on how to journey along the Silk Road:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/11/silk.road.journey/index.html

Enjoy!

In service,
Meli