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Dunhuang Caves

Mogao Caves
China366 CE1400 CETang — Yuan40.08, 94.80
About the site

Library Cave contained thousands of manuscripts including Buddhist sutras and Christian texts. Vital for understanding the transmission of scriptures along the Silk Road.

Principal findings
  • iLibrary Cave manuscripts
  • iiBuddhist murals
  • iiiTaoist texts
  • ivManichaean scrolls

Excavators — Aurel Stein