Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan
An Account of the Activities and Adventures of the Second and Third German Turfan Expeditions| By: | Albert von Le Coq |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138609525 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780429871412 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1928 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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First published in 1928, this volume constituted the results of expeditions by the famous archaeologist and explorer of Central Asia, Albert von Le Coq. Funded by the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and von Le Coq’s own brewing and winery empire, the second and third German expeditions ventured to Turfan in the Xinjiang region of China. Travelling East expecting to find Greek influences, the expedition in fact uncovered extensive networks of Buddhist and Manichaean cave temples in the Northwest China. This volume includes extensive images in addition to a record of the expedition’s journeys and discoveries.