Wagstaff Jr

- Handcrafted and painted in Athens

Archaeological sites around the world are threatened by forces including population growth

She has taken a look at a group of sculptures

what to preserve

Cave Temples of Mogao at Dunhuang: Art and History on the Silk Road, Second Edition gift books Wagstaff JrRoderick Whitfield, Susan Whitfield, and Neville Agnew The Mogao grottoes in China, situated near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the worlds most significant sites of Buddhist art. The hundreds of caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi desert preserve one thousand years of exquisite art. Founded by Buddhist monks as an isolated monastery in the late fourth century, Mogao evolved into an artistic and