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The Caves of Dunhuang - The New York Times &62; Arts &62;...

Ogmin discovered 12 months ago
From the page: "and is implacable here in far western China. It blows and shifts and eats away at everything, erasing boundaries, scouring graves, leaving farmers in despair. It's one of many threats to the major tourist draw of Dunhuang, a city on the lip of the Gobi desert: the hundreds ... more
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Ogmin rated 12 months agobuddhism, history, art
From the page: "and is implacable here in far western China. It blows and shifts and eats away at everything, erasing boundaries, scouring graves, leaving farmers in despair. It's one of many threats to the major tourist draw of Dunhuang, a city on the lip of the Gobi desert: the hundreds of rock-cut Buddhist grottoes that pepper a cliff face outside town. "
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