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The Silk Road Series 3/16: The Art-gallery in the Desert

Posted on October 29, 2010March 1, 2026 by Dharma Documentaries

This episode focuses on the magnificent Mo-gao caves at Dun-huang in the Gobi desert. In this complex, there are 500 caves and over 3,000 statues and murals. It is counted as the longest art gallery in the world.

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The Silk Road Series 2/16: A Thousand Kilometres Beyond The Yellow River

Posted on October 22, 2010March 1, 2026 by Dharma Documentaries

This episode sees the expedition crossing first the Yellow River, with its goat-skin rafts and giant waterwheels, and entering the Gobi desert along the He-xi corridor, where it visits some of the main citadels along the route.

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The Silk Road Series 1/16: The Glories of Chang-an

Posted on October 15, 2010March 1, 2026 by Dharma Documentaries

The first episode in the series focuses on Chang-an, which in modern-day China is called Xi-an. It was formerly the capital of China and the source of the Silk Road which ran from there to Rome. In ancient times it was the largest city in the world.

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