Location:
China
Coordinates:
40.1422, 94.6620
Events at Dunhuang (2)
1900
ID: 5071
Discovery of Dunhuang Cave 17 - Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu finds sealed 'Library Cave' with 50,000 manuscripts including Manichaean texts
ID: 5071
1907
ID: 5072
Aurel Stein acquires Dunhuang manuscripts - negotiates with Wang Yuanlu, takes thousands of texts to British Museum including Manichaean hymns
ID: 5072