Loulan

Xinjiang · China

Loulan, China
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The wind-scoured ruins of an ancient oasis kingdom beside the dried Lop Nur lakebed. Once a Silk Road hub, its stupa, timber posts and desiccated tombs now lie in a remote, tightly restricted desert zone.

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