Arasunde Gorge, camels blocked. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography PUBLISHED: 'Innermost Asia', vol. 1, fig. 55: 'Camels descending Kara-tash River gorge at Ara-sunde.' (I.A. Map 2, D3). View looking up the Kara-tash River gorge, with camels standing among the boulders on the bank. See vol. 1, p. 63. Subjects = archaeological exp...
Ponies returning with baggage to [Ayub] Mirab's house [Maral-bashi]. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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While in Maral-bashi, Stein stayed in 'my old camping-place in Ayub Mirab's garden, east of the tumble-down Bazar that marks the town of Maral-bashi.' (i, 74). (I.A. Map 8, A1). This photograph would have been taken on his return from Lal-tagh. Subjects = archaeological expeditions; archaeolo...
Camels in shallow of ford, Yarkand River, towards Chok-tagh. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography Group of camels crossing the Yarkand River at Kuruk-aste at the start of the first attempt on the Taklamakan (see note at print 226). Subjects = archaeological expeditions; archaeology; camels; exploration; pack animals; river scenes; Stein Collection Location =...