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This article is for subscribers only. Artwork and statues in China’s Dunhuang caves have survived sandstorms, political upheaval and tourists for more than a millennium.
Flash floods and years of unusual rainfall — likely linked to climate change — are degrading ancient cave art along China's historic silk road at a rapid pace. More than 1,500 years ago ...
How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.
The National Museum of Asian Art @smithsonian has returned Zidanku Silk Manuscript Vol. II and III—the earliest known Chinese silk texts and the only surviving silk manuscripts from China’s ...
Summary "The Mogao grottoes in northwestern China, located near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the worlds most significant sites of Buddhist art. Preserved in some ...
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