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Foreword--The Mystical Tarim | Why did this piece of land which had played such an important role in the development of human history and in economic and cultural exchange, and later almost completely forgotten, began to rekindle the attention of the world from the latel9th century to the early 20th century? This can be an-swered by the several earliest investigations and explorations into the Tarim Basin.
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Uncover the Secrets of KeriyaIn cooperation with UPR- 315, CNRS, Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology have made four investigations to the Keriya River since 1993. Archaeologists passed along the river to go deep into the center of the Taklamakan Desert to investigate completely ancient remains...
| Smoke signal towers on the ancient silk roadThe smoke signal relay stations in the Tarim Basin has had a very long history. They appeared after the Jin-Han Dynasty built the Great Wall which reached Dunhuang and stretched further west to the Yumen Pass.
| Oasis economy,oasis peopleThe Tarim Basin is dry with little precipitation and serious lack of water, therefore, the areas for people’s economic activities are isolated by the gobi desert, forming a unique oasis economy.
| Niya SiteNiya site was a cross - roads between East and West for communication on the southern route of the "Silk Road" in the Western Regions in Han-Jin times.
| Altas SilkAltas is a kind of silk tricate and unique patterns that Uygur and Uzbek women like to use for their dresses.
| Loulan SiteThe Loulan Site is located at longitude 89~55'55"east, latitude 40o29' 22"north, near Lopnor, the lowest place in the Tarim Basin, in Ruoqiang County, Bayinkolen Monggol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang.
| DESERT. GOBI. VERDANT PLAINS.The gobi in the Tarim is fomled by the snowmeh from towering mountains that carry the weathered rock down to the slopes and accumulated there by the ebbing flow.
| HOME IN THE DESERTAside from those living in the big oases, there are families who live in the heart of the desert who depend on the little water from the desert rivers and the underground water sources that nurture the semi- barren pastures.
| THE VASH-shahri SiteThe Vash- shahri Site is situated at a long and narrow deserted strip of ground, about 2km across from east to west and 2km in length from south to north...
| The Yengisar DaggerYengisar daggers ane ingeniously handcrafted. They are the famous traditional handcrafts of the Uygur people.
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