History: Paul Pelliot, french archeologist, uncovering and translating 5000 old chinese, buddhist, and christian manuscripts forgotten in the Mogao Caves, in Gansu, China, spending three straight weeks working in the cave by candlelight, before deciding on which he would bring back to Paris. 1909 [416 x 570]

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