Ruins of Desert Cathay by M Aurel Stein

Ruins of Desert Cathay by M Aurel Stein

In this two-volume work, published in 1912, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943) describes his second expedition to the deserts of Chinese Turkestan in 1906–8. (His account of his first expedition, Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan (1903), is also reissued in this series.) Stein intended this account to be read by non-specialists, and, like his previous book, it is highly illustrated and full of interesting details about his journey and the people he met en route, as well as of the important archaeological discoveries which still link his name with the civilisation of this remote and dangerous area. In Volume 2, Stein describes the discovery of the caves near the great trading post of Dunhuang which contained - walled up and almost perfectly preserved - manuscripts, sculptures, silk cloths, and the Diamond Sutra, the earliest complete and dated example of a printed book, hidden by Buddhist monks nine hundred years previously.

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ISBN 13	9781108077545
ISBN 10	1108077544
Titel	Ruins of Desert Cathay
Autor	M Aurel Stein
Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-09-25
Seitenanzahl	786
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.