日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Culture
Home / Culture / Heritage

Decoding the sands of time

By Wang Ru | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2025-05-20 07:19
Share
Share - WeChat
Team members cook in their campsite in the desert. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY

Careful planning

Matyvsup Emirhazi, a 31-year-old team member and a researcher at Hotan Museum, says they have to make careful plans for each day in the desert, follow the plans strictly, and carry supplies for several extra days beyond their initial estimates to deal with unexpected situations.

In a desert where footprints are easily left, they have paid close attention to not leaving traces in their photos to ensure the effect. "We usually take the panoramic photo at first, without entering the site. After that we set foot on the sites to measure and take photos of details," says Matyvsup.

They are especially careful with the ecological protection in the desert by burning the garbage and taking away those items that cannot be incinerated, ensuring human garbage does not pollute the environment.

At the end of every day's work, they report the all-clear with satellite phones to cultural heritage authorities, providing reassurance.

Team member Matkasim Tumir, 57, says they often have to save water, a scarce commodity.

"With limited loading capacity, we have to take a lot of supplies. For example, driving 1 kilometer requires 1 liter of gasoline, so we need to carry a lot. We also need to load daily necessities like tents, desks, chairs and pans. Therefore, there is not much room for water. We each are allocated two bottles of drinking water one day, and 10 pieces of disposable wet tissues every two days for cleaning," he says.

Sometimes camels join to help carry goods and materials. "In the past when we didn't have SUV, camels played a major role helping us carry goods. Now I still believe they are the best partners in the desert, because vehicles can break down or struggle with sand dunes, but camels' adeptness at traversing the desert is unmatched," says Matkasim, who is richly experienced in desert archaeology.

But the animals are not always reliable, since they can be unpredictable.

For example, during their visit to Yuansha site, an ancient city from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), now in the heartland of the Taklamakan Desert, the team encountered a series of unexpected challenges in March. Two of their camels suddenly bolted, one of the vehicles malfunctioned and was unable to tackle dunes and to round it off, a sandstorm hit the team.

Faced with these circumstances, team members had to solve the problems one by one. Camel handlers went to pursue the runaway animals and team members leveled the sand dunes to facilitate the vehicle's passage.

The team members still had to complete their census tasks, and walked to many of the sites when their vehicles went back to transport supplies the camels left. They seized every minute to work, as they could not take the risk of staying too long in the desert with their limited supplies of only 15 days. Finally, they spent 14 days completing the work, and took a census of all the 79 small sites covered in Yuansha ruins spreading over an area nearly 100 kilometers long.

|<< Previous 1 2 3 4 Next   >>|
Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: av网址在线 | 啪啪免费网站 | 欧美精品在线免费观看 | chinese 军人 gay xx 呻吟 | 国产一级大片在线观看 | 日韩视频中文字幕 | 国产高潮久久精品AV无码 | 成av在线 | 日韩高清在线亚洲专区vr | 午夜看片在线观看 | 国产精品a久久久久 | 羞羞视频在线免费 | 欧美日韩国产三级 | 五月婷婷之综合激情 | 中文字幕在线视频日本 | 中文字幕日韩精品在线 | 国内精品一区二区 | 亚洲九九 | 麻豆国产精品 | 亚洲视频aaa | 亚洲午夜成激人情在线影院 | 色客成人网 | 特黄级 | 国产亚洲精品一区二区 | 91高清在线成人免费观看 | 国产精品自线在线播放 | 亚洲国产精品久久久久网站 | 亚洲午夜精品国产电影在线观看 | 亚洲免费观看视频 | 伊人亚洲| 国产精品无码人妻无码色情多人 | 白颖宇| 国产亚洲精品久久精品6 | 亚洲高清不卡 | 亚洲一级在线观看 | 97国产精品视频人人做人人爱 | 国产色 | 色综合亚洲色综合久久网张柏芝 | 婷婷的久久五月综合先锋影音 | 日本欧美中文字幕 | 欧美精品亚洲一区二区在线播放 |