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Asian Affairs

Volume 40, Issue 3, 2009

Special Issue:

THE MYSTERIES OF THE GOBI DESERT

THE MYSTERIES OF THE GOBI DESERT

DOI:
10.1080/03068370903195196
John Hare

pages 408-417

Available online: 10 Nov 2009

Abstract

An account of archaeological finds in two great Chinese deserts, the Gobi and the Lop. They now seem utterly inhospitable, yet they were once inhabited, witness the abandoned city of Lou Lan in the Lop, discovered by Sven Hedin in 1893 and subsequently further excavated by Aurel Stein. The graves and mummies discovered there and in the Gobi have given rise to one of the great mysteries of Asia. Who are these people, who lived in the area and seemingly predated the arrival of Chinese settlers by some 2,000 years? Incredibly there is significant evidence to suggest they could be Celtic.

 

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  • Available online: 10 Nov 2009

Author notes

  • John Hare -

    John Hare is the founder of the Wild Camel Protection Foundation dedicated to saving the critically endangered wild Bactrian camel. In 2004 he was the recipient of the Society's Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal. His book, Mysteries of the Gobi was recently published by I.B. Tauris.

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