Foreign Devils on the Silk Road : The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia

By (author) Hopkirk, Peter

The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasures and guarded by demons. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers began to investigate these legends, and very soon an international race began for the art treasures of the Silk Road. Huge wall paintings, sculptures and priceless manuscripts were carried away, literally by the ton, and are today scattered through the museums of a dozen countries. Peter Hopkirk tells the story of the intrepid men who, at great personal risk, led these long-range archaeological raids, incurring the undying wrath of the Chinese.

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書名 Foreign Devils on the Silk Road : The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
著作者等 Hopkirk, Peter
書名別名 The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
出版元 John Murray Publishers Ltd
刊行年月 2006.03.27
ページ数 288p
大きさ H196 x W128
ISBN 9780719564482
言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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