China is home to many ancient cultural and historical sites, but arguably one of the most impressive is the area of desert which contains the Mogao Caves, around 25 kilometers outside the city of Dunhuang in Gansu Province.
The caves, which span about a mile in length, contain over 1,000 years of Buddhist and Taoist art, and were a significant point on the old Silk Road. The structure is made of 492 caves and cells which contain over 2,000 sculptures, original artwork and, upon discovery by Taoist Monk Wang Yuan-Lu in 1900, thousands of manuscripts and writings from countries all over the world.