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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan - Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archaeological & Geographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan (Paperback)
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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan - Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archaeological & Geographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
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Between 1900 and 1901, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel
Stein (1862-1943) made the first of several significant trips
through Central Asia. In 1903, he published this account of his
journey from Calcutta to London via the deserts of Chinese
Turkestan. The text is richly illustrated with photographs of
locations on the route followed by Stein's party, as well as of the
people they encountered and many of the artefacts they excavated in
the vicinity of the ancient oasis town of Khotan. Stein intended
his book to be accessible to non-specialists, and his descriptions
of the many important archaeological discoveries, such as Sanskrit
texts of Buddhist scriptures, are interspersed with compelling
human details and anecdotes about traversing the challenging
terrain of eastern Central Asia. The work of an indefatigable
explorer, this book sheds light on the spread of Graeco-Buddhist
culture along the Silk Route.
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Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
'M. Aurel Stein
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Dimensions: |
217 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
576 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-06973-1 |
Categories: |
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Humanities >
Archaeology >
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LSN: |
1-108-06973-8 |
Barcode: |
9781108069731 |
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