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Gaochang / Khara-Khoja — The Great Mudbrick Capital of the Silk Road
The largest mudbrick city ruins in the world by area — the capital of the Turfan oasis kingdom,…
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China · Zone
Jiaohe — The Ancient City Carved from a Plateau on the Silk Road
Jiaohe is structurally unlike any other ancient city on earth. Builders did not construct walls and stack stones…
China · Area
Jiaohe ruins
Jiaohe, capital of the Tocharian kingdom of Jushi, crowns a dramatic leaf-shaped plateau above two river valleys near…
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