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This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.

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• Bellezza, J.  + (John+Vincent+Bellezza+is+an+archaeologist+ … John+Vincent+Bellezza+is+an+archaeologist+and+cultural+historian+specializing+in+the+pre-Buddhist+heritage+of+Tibet+and+the+Western+Himalaya.+He+is+a+Senior+Research+Fellow+at+the+Tibet+Center%2C+University+of+Virginia%2C+and+the+University+of+Bern%2C+Switzerland%2C+and+has+lived+in+high+Asia+for+three+decades.+Since+1994%2C+Bellezza+has+comprehensively+surveyed+ancient+monuments+and+rock+art+on+the+uppermost+reaches+of+the+Tibetan+plateau.+He+has+also+extensively+studied+archaic+rituals%2C+myths+and+narratives+in+Bon+and+Old+Tibetan+literature.+In+addition+to+nine+books%2C+Bellezza+has+written+numerous+academic+and+popular+articles+on+topics+pertaining+to+early+Tibet.+He+is+the+first+non-Tibetan+to+have+explored+both+the+geographic+and+ritual+sources+of+each+of+the+four+great+rivers+that+emerge+from+the+Mount+Kailas+region.+He+also+visited+most+major+islands+and+headlands+in+the+great+lakes+of+Upper+Tibet.+Bellezza+has+also+traveled+widely+on+foot+in+the+Western+Himalayan+regions+of+India+and+Pakistan.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.tibetarchaeology.com%2Fabout-the-author%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29or%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29)