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Gandhara statues looks great
Uyghur men in prayer, Taklamakan, c.1920s.
inspired by that meme with the yellow river
Taklamakan & Crepuscular Entity - A Brooding Silence
Basement Corner Emissions
2021
Landscape in Taklamakan desert near Yarkand, Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China
Merchants of the Tocharian culture, Tarim basin, Xinjiang province of China, 6th century AD - Art by Andrew Whyte for Survive the Jive
This is ancient (2004), but the entire newsletter is on the archaeology of the ancient Silk Road. The Taklamakan desert and the Tarim Basin in particular are absolutely fascinating areas of archaeology. Tall, blonde-haired mummies, wrapped in tartan wool, and all in an area in which their presence is completely unexpected.
End of the Road Gobi Desert Dunhuang Gansu China by arainoffphoto