1163707 China: Excavations at Miran, southern Xinjiang, c.1900 by Stein, Marc Aurel (1862??943); (add.info.: In ancient times Miran was a busy trading center on the southern part of the Silk Road, after the route split into two (the northern route and the southern route), as caravans of merchants sought to escape travel across the harsh wasteland of the desert (called by the Chinese \'The Sea of Death\') and the Tarim Basin. They went by going around its north or south rim. It was also a thriving center of Buddhism with many monasteries and stupas.); Pictures from History; Hungarian, out of copyright.