Author : Pavel Lurje
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789078653479
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (534 download)
Book Synopsis Expedition Silk Road Journey to the West by : Pavel Lurje
Download or read book Expedition Silk Road Journey to the West written by Pavel Lurje and published by . This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1 March 2014 onwards, the Hermitage Amsterdam will offer visitors a glimpse of the long-lost civilizations along the legendary Silk Road. Until 5 September 2014, the exhibition Expedition Silk Road will present treasures from the Hermitage: 250 exceptionally beautiful objects, such as murals, sculpture, precious silks, silver, glass, gold, and terracotta, excavated by Russian expeditions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Visitors will follow in the footsteps of the explorers who mapped the routes of kings and merchants, and of the Buddhist monks who went before them.