Tucked into the cliffs of northwestern China's Gobi Desert, the Mogao Caves stand as one of humanity's most remarkable ...

The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a hub of ancient Chinese Buddhist art and spirituality, fell victim to extensive looting in the early 20th century. Today, the priceless relics taken from this sacred site ...

Preface and acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Chronologies -- Map -- Introduction / Dora C.Y. Chng -- DUNHUANG AS HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. The Lo Archive's place in documentary, expeditionary, and art ...

BEIJING, Dec. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The flying Apsaras dance across the heavens; caravan bells echo along ancient routes. Dunhuang, a pivotal hub on the ancient Silk Road, served as a crossroads ...

Ancient Buddhist murals and statues in caves along China’s Silk Road are under “direct threat” from extreme rainfall brought by climate change, researchers have found. Dating back to the 4th century, ...

"Constructed over a millennium from the fourth to fourteenth centuries CE near Dunhuang, an ancient border town along the Silk Road in northwest China, the Mogao Caves comprise the largest, most ...

More than 1,500 years ago, followers of Buddhism started painting art inside a string of caves, threading through the desert of northwestern China. In some cases, they chiseled elaborate statues ...