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Foreign devils on the silk road : the search for the lost treasures of central Asia

by Peter Hopkirk

This history examines the Silk Road's ancient trade routes and the early twentieth-century expeditions to recover lost treasures. It details how Buddhist art and manuscripts were removed from desert centres for display in international museums.

Accession 18037 ISBN 9780719564482 Publisher John Murray
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