Dunhuang and the Mogao Caves: Top Photos

A desert oasis where a thousand years of Silk Road pilgrims left sacred art in the cliffs

The Mogao Caves contain as many as 2,415 statues and murals in 492 caves along a broken cliff southeast of Dunhuang, Gansu, China. It`s Chinas’ richest storehouse of ancient Buddhist art.
The Mogao Caves contain as many as 2,415 statues and murals in 492 caves along a broken cliff southeast of Dunhuang, Gansu, China. It`s Chinas’ richest storehouse of ancient Buddhist art. © David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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