Even so, there are still dozens of stories begging to be retold. Unlike similar caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province that use an entire wall for each story, stories in these caves fill small diamond ...
an official of the Gansu Provincial Administration of Cultural Relics. "We have reproduced six caves and, presented an unprecedented large-scale reproduction of frescoes by our predecessor scholars." ...
You won’t even recognize it.” McGregor and Cartaya have identified three distinct caves in the Sandy Glacier and named them Snow Dragon, Pure Imagination and Frozen Minotaur. The combined ...
Located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor (part of the ancient Silk Road), Sunan is home to the Matisi Grottoes, which ...
Now the five skiers found at the snow cave they tried to shelter at have been named as brothers Jean-Vincent Moix, 30, David Moix, 27, and Laurent Moix, 21. Their cousin Marc Moix, 44, and uncle ...
Within the caves, the monochrome lifelessness of the desert gave way to an exuberance of color and movement. Thousands of Buddhas in every hue radiated across the grotto walls, their robes ...
Known as "Caves of the Thousand Buddhas", Mogao Caves near the town of Dunhuang in the west of China's Gansu province form what is arguably the world's most extraordinary gallery of Buddhist art.
Marina stood at the mouth of the Rising Star cave and looked inside. Outside, it was the rainy season in this grassland part of South Africa, home to jackals and porcupines and cobra snakes and ...
The camel caravan tramps along the dunes, each animal carrying a passenger covered up from the sun and wearing orange boot coverings against the sand. But they stop when they reach the road ...
Today, its grotto caves are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The digital Dunhuang exhibition is the result of over 30 years of exploration and development by the Dunhuang Academy ...