China: A group of bandits holding up a caravan of travellers on the Silk Road. Mural, Mogao Cave 45, Dunhuang, 8th century. Banditry was just one of the many hazards facing travellers on the Silk Road. Offerings were made at the Mogao Caves, among other sacred locations along the way, to ask for safe passage, or to give thanks for safe return.

---

Size: 4696px × 3712px
Photo credit: © Pictures From History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 8th, art, arts, asia, asian, bandit, banditry, buddhism, buddhist, calligraphy, caravan, cave, caves, central, century, china, chinese, commerce, dunhuang, fresco, gansu, historical, history, image, images, mogao, mule, mural, painting, paintings, pictures, religion, road, robber, robbery, script, silk, thief, trade, trader, traveler, traveller, turkestan, turkistan, writing, xinjiang