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Multi-periodSite Name: LoulanCountry: China
NOTE: This site is 711.977 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 40.527633N Longitude: 89.840644E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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A city and its surrounding kingdom on the Silk Road in western China, on the north-east edge of the Lop Nor Desert. Known in Chinese records from 200 BC, and "discovered" in modern times by Svan Hedin.
The most famous finds are the Tarim mummies, burials from 3800 years ago. Chinese expeditions in 1979-1980 discovered a canal, Buddhist Stupas, houses, wooden and bronze artifacts, jewelry, coins, pottery and mesolithic stone tools.
Clay towers have been used in historic times as watch towers and signal beacons, though their original purpose may have have been different.
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