Writing
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Research · 13 August 2015 · 9 min · EN
One mine in the Hindu Kush supplied the blue of Ur and of Tutankhamun's mask. What that tells us about the first world trade network.
Sar-i-Sang, Badakhshan · Tepe Hissar · Mohenjo-daro · Ur
Research · 31 August 2014 · 15 min · EN
How Buddhism travelled the trade routes into China — and how a Daoist caretaker at Dunhuang found the record of it behind a cracked mural.
Tarim basin · Kucha · Khotan · Dunhuang · Gandhara