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File Size: 2034 KB
Print Length: 152 pages
Publisher: John Murray (September 15, 2011)
Publication Date: September 15, 2011
Sold by: Hachette Book Group
Language: English
ASIN: B00GVFQVYC
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Hopkirk addresses a little known chapter in the exploration of ancient Silk Road sites and the story he tells of the mass rip-off by a number of Western archaeologists and pseudo-archaeologists is fascinating. Frankly, this certainly wasn't our finest hour in solidifying positive relations with the Chinese, who have every right, along with other Silk Road countries impacted by these cheeky "foreign devils", to be well and truly angry about it all. Still, the story of what happened is simply fascinating, including the staggering hardships faced by those Western explorers, and Hopkirk tells this impeccably-researched story well. I recommend this book to you without reservation.As an aside, a fairly recent and very significant find has been made in the Tarim Basin -- beautifully preserved Caucasian mummies thousands of years old. There is much information about this discovery available on the web as well as in a book or two that you can purchase here. Fascinating stuff!
Hopkirk's book focuses primarily on the men who travelled the Silk Road in search of ancient treasures. Clearly I was born the wrong sex, in the wrong time; while a lot of these men may be considered treasure-hunting rogues, many of them were highly intelligent, gifted, and brave to have completed these expeditions and excavations, and they have my awe and respect. Their stories and rivalries were very interesting to read.The other theme of the book touches on the status of these lost treasures. Many pieces were lost before the "foreign devils" even found them, and others were destroyed during the Word Wars. Others were moved only to remain in storage to this day! Despite some of the sad demises of men like Hedin, Stein, and von Le Coq, I find the avoidable losses of these "lost treasures" most depressing.The positive I've taken from this book is my desire to learn more and the addition the other books and journals I've added to my reading list on this topic.
This is an excellent book on the European archeological digs in the Taklamakan desert circa the beginning of the 20th century. I came upon this book after watching the Youtube videos of The Silk Road I made by the Japanese Telecom company in 1980s. This book provides a lot of background to the travels of the video team in the documentary. It explains the people, methods and results of Great Britain, France, Germany and Japan in their search for early Chinese Buddhist relics and manuscripts.
After reading "The Great Game", I have been on a Peter Hopkirk binge ever since. I was a little skeptical regarding "Foreign Devils", I mean I have no artistic inclinations to speak of. So I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this book.Again the setting is in Central Asia, specifically the Taklamakan Desert. The time frame is also typical of the author: approximately 1895 to 1920s. Hopkirk gives a good, although not overly in-depth background of the old Silk Road routes that primarily skirted the edges of this vast waste. Most history readers will have a cursory grasp of the Silk Road and its historical significance. Suffice to say that many of the towns that existed along this route ebbed and flowed with climate and economic changes.The 'hook' that really grabbed me early in the story was about Hellenistic artistic influences combining with that of the more traditional art of the region (i.e. Chinese and Indian). According to the author this influence was prevalent in Buddhist pieces from the region. I mean, this is pretty powerful stuff. The implication being that the Greeks, probably Byazantines, had any sort of influence in the Taklamakan region is mind blowing. And hence the rest of the story takes off as men like Stein, and Von LeCoq attempt to find the treasures of the Taklamakan.Also piquing my interest were the various banished Christian sects that followed the Silk Road avoiding persecution after the Council of Nicea. Nestorian and Manichean churches in the Taklamakan? Again, pretty heady stuff to me.As others have stated, the work of men like Stein, Hedin, etc. is rather controversial in hindsight. The Chinese of course have legitimate claims that these men pilfered items from their backyard. But I must commend Peter Hopkirk for showing both sides of this. I think his presentation can allow the reader the freedom to make their own decision.Similar to the "Great Game" one cannot help but marvel at the tenacity of these men. The daring of men like Sven Hedin is somewhat hard to imagine in our more 'compact' world of today. Literally almost dying of thirst he forged onwards to luckily stumble into a creek and save his partner. Also consider that many of these men had only a vague notion of the hardships they would have to endure. It is hard for me to imagine taking off across a desert using only compass, and celestial navigation, to find some ruin buried in sand that could easily be missed.My only knock on the book is of course a lack of maps. This is one of those stories that comes alive more when geography of the region is understood. But the story itself carries the day, so just standby with Google Maps or something similar.
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