Aurel Stein, a Hungarian-born scholar working for the British government in India and the British Museum, made it to Dunhuang in early 1907 using Xuan­zang's seventh-century descriptions to guide ...

Just over a thousand years ago, someone sealed up a chamber in a cave outside the oasis town of Dunhuang, on the edge of the Gobi Desert in western China. The chamber was filled with more than ...

On June 13, 1907, Marc Aurel Stein, a British archaeologist and explorer, departed from the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu Province, with more than 20 boxes of writings ...

The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a hub of ancient Chinese Buddhist art and spirituality, fell victim to extensive looting in the early 20th century. Today, the priceless relics taken from this sacred site ...

When Stein arrived at the Mogao Caves in 1907 ... The deal triggered a race among treasure hunters, which led to the dispersal of the Dunhuang antiquities all over the world, including to London.

DUNHUANG, Gansu--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The entire commercial space of the ‘Ancient sound of dunhuang’ - Cultural and Tourism Industry Complex Project, spanning 42,000 square meters, officially ...

particularly items from Dunhuang that came via the collection of the archaeologist Aurel Stein. Quite how Stein came to acquire the material in the first place is still controversial, with claims ...

Young Post joined a group of teens as they became intrepid explorers last month, spending six days trekking sand dunes, navigating their way through caves and studying ancient art in Dunhuang ...

BEIJING, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As winter settles in, traditional tourist destinations in Northeast China prepare to welcome visitors, but this year, Dunhuang in Northwest China's Gansu ...

There are about 2,000 camels at the Mingsha Mountain outside Dunhuang, an ancient Silk Road oasis at the edge of the Gobi Desert in China’s Gansu province. Each camel, double-humped with a ...

Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki today officiated at the opening ceremony of an exhibition featuring a selection of treasures from the Dunhuang Caves that will open to citizens from August 24 to November ...