Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of the Chinese Central Asia

Hopkirk, Peter

ISBN 10: 0870234358 ISBN 13: 9780870234354

Editorial: University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1984

Idioma: Ingl�s

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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of the Chinese Central Asia

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University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst

Fecha de publicaci�n

1984

Idioma

Ingl�s

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0870234358

ISBN 13

9780870234354

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The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it traveled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centers of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years; however, legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasures and guarded by demons. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers began to investigate these legends, and very soon an international race began for the art treasures of the Silk Road. Huge wall paintings, sculptures and priceless manuscripts were carried away, literally by the ton, and are today scattered through the museums of a dozen countries. Peter Hopkirk tells the story of the intrepid men who, at great personal risk, led these long-range archaeological raids, incurring the undying wrath of the Chinese.

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For five years Chief Reporter of the London Times, Peter Hopkirk now specializes in Middle Eastern and Asiatic affairs, He has traveled widely throughout the world during his twenty-seven years as a reporter and foreign correspondent.

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