Monday, February 21, 2011

Secrets of the Silk Road

After a bewildering bit of political intrigue, the exhibit of artifacts from desert tombs in western China is finally on display in Philadelphia. The pictures in the slideshow at the NY Times really made me want to go. Above, a mummy dating to around 1500 BC; below, bronze eye shades, 7th to 9th century AD.

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