in the form of an extensive exhibit at the Getty Center that re-creates an ancient landmark along the legendary Silk Road. The Cave Temples of Dunhuang, also called the Mogao Caves, is a complex ...

It's no wonder that the Mogao painters, illustrating the greatest of all Silk Road imports, infused their murals with an array of foreign elements, from pigments to metaphysics. "The caves are a ...

They're in China's Zhangye and Dunhuang, oases along the ancient Silk Road. WANG JINYU ... river and many grand trees in front of the Mogao caves. But a large amount of underground water now ...

Ancient Buddhist murals and statues in caves along China’s Silk Road are under “direct threat ... and sculptures – including at the famous Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

The history of this ancient Silk Road city is reflected in the Mogao Caves, also known as the Qianfodong (the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas), an astonishing collection of 492 caves that were dug into ...

More than 1,500 years ago, followers of Buddhism started painting art inside a string of caves, threading through ... oases along the ancient Silk Road. WANG JINYU: (Through interpreter) In ...