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Originally posted by punkinworks10
reply to post by Movhisattva
It's the ancient silk road town of gaochang, founded in the 1st century bc.
Some geographers and ecologists prefer to regard the western area of the Gobi region (as defined above): the basin of the Tarim in Xinjiang and the desert basin of Lop Nor and Hami (Kumul), as forming a separate and independent desert, called the Taklamakan Desert.
Originally posted by MuzzleBreak
Appears to be a leopard or lion hunt on horseback.
Where and when?
A modern day coin from the area
A relic found not far away.
What is going on in this depiction?
edit on 12-5-2013 by MuzzleBreak because: added pix
Originally posted by MuzzleBreak
You are quick!
What about the golden depiction?
Originally posted by punkinworks10
Originally posted by MuzzleBreak
You are quick!
What about the golden depiction?
I'm stumped as to the relief's significance.
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
reply to post by Hanslune
I am guessing that it is graffiti from the inside of one of the pyramids...if I was to hazard further I would say that it is the 'Craftsman Gang' one...important because it indicates that the workers were 'freemen' not slaves...
...which upon checking would make it a tomb, but not necessarily a pyramid
Can't find a picture though...so I will keep to a guess.