Loulan - A Thousand Years of Legend and a Thousand Years of Mystery

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Features: More than a century ago, the discovery of the Loulan City shocked the academic world. The discovery of Loulan City was hailed as a of the "Pompeii in the Desert." The "Loulan Beauty" with her delicate features and mysterious expression captivated countless people, stirring in them endless fascination with the distant and magical Kingdom of Loulan. The abandoned era of the ancient Loulan City may have been around the mid-4th century. What events could have forced the people to "leave the borders"? This book, through the analysis of a wealth of precious materials from the Loulan ruins, clearly presents the ethnic groups, cultures, history, ancient scripts, urban architecture, and burials to the readers. It not only records the discovery process of the Loulan civilization in an illustrated manner but also integrates the latest research findings over the past century. The accounts of the Loulan expedition from 1979 to 1980, particularly, are especially valuable.