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...Kara Khoto is a ruined desert city, uninhabited now for some 400 years. It is mentioned by Marco Polo under the name of Edzina. In modern times it has been visited by very few Europeans, prominent among whom has been Colonel Kozlov of Petrograd who recently made such startling discoveries in Manchuria...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WARNER AND PELLIOT CONTRIBUTE MUCH VALUABLE WORK TO CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY | 4/29/1926 | See Source »

...ruined city of Kara Khoto in the Gains desert was one of the expedition's objectives. The city, uninhabited now for some 400 years, is mentioned by Marco Polo as Edzina. The Fogg expedition made a map of the city and succeeded in bringing back from there some small frescos, a fine mirror of the Tang period, and several interesting fragments of broken pottery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Fogg Museum Expedition Now Preparing in Pekin--First Yielded Treasures of Gobi Art, Seen by Marco Polo | 3/20/1925 | See Source »

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