Aurel stein biography of william hill
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2 vols. Folio (265 x 322 mm). (1), XXIV, 621, (1) pp. VII, (1) pp., plus plates numbered I-CXVIII (lacking plate 119, "Judaeo-Persian document"). Later half leather and cloth; modern endpapers. (With:) Stein, M. A. Preliminary Report on a Journey of Archaeological and Topographical utforskning in Chinese Turkestan. London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1901. 4to. 77, (1) pp. With 8 plates. Modern library leather covered with the original gilt cloth. First edition of this defining archaeological text on the ancient site of Dandan Oilik (or Uiliq), a settlement built around an oasis along the Silk Road at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, where it flourished around the sixth century but was abandoned by the eighth. The author, Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), was an Hungarian-British archaeologist who also dabbled as an ethnographer, surveyor, geographer, and linguist. Stein completed his most important work in Central Asia, and his excavation of Dandan Oilik was both the first to
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This project was begun with the intention of compiling the results of Sir Aurel Stein's explorations in Central Asia and Northwest India related to the history of fortifications. But the more I read his multi-volume reports and memoirs the more it seemed that the planerat arbete to create a unified web site should describe other results of his famous work as well, even though these have always received the most attention from scholars and the general public. However, I have left out the volumes that contain hundreds of plates of illustrations of some of the thousands of 'antiques' - relics, coins, fabrics, stuccos and the like. I have included the plates that are diagrams and plans of fortifications. Stein's most valuable material for reference purposes can be divided into several categories:
1 - the detailed information on the Han Dynasty wall - this has been the main focus of my study - and related to that his descriptions of many other fortified pl •
The Story of Dash - Sir Aurel Stein's dog
Striding across Hampstead Heath in the early Spring sun to value the contents of a house, I was reminded of our close relationships with our beloved dogs.
Playful, loyal, and wiser than they might appear, they are our companions on our journey through life. But I doubt that any of the handsome hounds haring around the Heath will ever experience a journey like that of the dog who wore a collar that was consigned at one of Dawsons Auctioneers’ valuation days recently.
‘Dash The Great’ (1904-18) was a Fox-Terrier owned by the Victorian explorer and archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943). Dash accompanied Stein on many of his journeys, including his second expedition into central Asia from 1906-08, when they notably and controversially explored Chinese Turkestan together, bringing back over 40,000 scrolls and manuscripts to Britain.
To us, used to easy, and affordable air travel, it’s perhaps hard to imagine how adventurous and even
The Story of Dash - Sir Aurel Stein's dog
Striding across Hampstead Heath in the early Spring sun to value the contents of a house, I was reminded of our close relationships with our beloved dogs.
Playful, loyal, and wiser than they might appear, they are our companions on our journey through life. But I doubt that any of the handsome hounds haring around the Heath will ever experience a journey like that of the dog who wore a collar that was consigned at one of Dawsons Auctioneers’ valuation days recently.
‘Dash The Great’ (1904-18) was a Fox-Terrier owned by the Victorian explorer and archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943). Dash accompanied Stein on many of his journeys, including his second expedition into central Asia from 1906-08, when they notably and controversially explored Chinese Turkestan together, bringing back over 40,000 scrolls and manuscripts to Britain.
To us, used to easy, and affordable air travel, it’s perhaps hard to imagine how adventurous and even