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SERINDIA MAPS - STEIN

 
 

These are photos made from the original maps in Volume V of Serindia, Aurel Stein's report on his Second Expedition into Chinese Turkestan.

 
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Detail of part of the northern area of map sheet # 78 Tun huang - This shows the towers of the Han wall north of town along the Su-lo Ho. Stein analyzed the roll of each tower. One can now use Google earth to look at this area and then zoom in to bring the town and caves into detail. Then click on some amazing photograhy that shows what the city and cave area look like. Clearly there has been much more dramatic change in the100 years since Stein was there than in the 2,000 years between the Han wall construction and his visit.

 

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