The impact of cultural contact between China and the Ancient Mediterranean World

该项目是一个大型国际项目的一部分，旨在调查罗马和中国之间文化接触的证据，并利用尚未得到适当研究的材料。其中一些材料具有很高的艺术价值（特别是摩尼教手稿），已经引起了国家媒体（报纸、广播和电视）的注意。该项目将有助于加强中国社会科学院和澳大利亚人文科学院之间的研究联系。它还将通过展览提高中国、亚述、土耳其和伊朗等民族对跨文化接触的学术兴趣。

The project which is part of a large international project aims to investigate the evidence for cultural contact between Rome and China and draws on material which has not been properly studied. Some of this material is of great artistic value (esp. Manichaean manuscripts) and has already attracted the attention of national media (newspapers, radio and TV). The project will help strengthen research ties between the Social Science Academy of China and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. It will also heighten academic interest among ethnic groups: Chinese, Assyrian, Turkish and Iranian in cross-cultural contacts through exhibitions.