Albert Von Le Coq
Biographic Data
| ID | 1443752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albert Von Le Coq |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | Von Le Coq |
| SIGNATURE | LE COQ A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1909 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan
First published in 1928, this volume constituted the results of expeditions by the famous archaeologist and explorer of Central Asia, Albert von Le Coq. Funded by the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and von Le Coq’s own brewing and winery empire, the second and third German expeditions ventured to Turfan in the Xinjiang region of China. Travelling East expecting to find Greek influences, the expedition in fact uncovered extensive networks of Bud…
Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan
Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan
VIII. Dr. Stein's Turkish Khuastuanift from Tun-huang, being a Confession-prayer of the Manichæan Auditores
European science is indebted to Dr. M. A. Stein's industry for the remarkable document here published. It is one of the many valuable MSS. which fell to his lot through the partial acquisition in 1907 of an ancient library discovered, by a Chinese priest, in one of the Buddhist cave temples of the “Halls of the Thousand Buddhas” to the south-east of the Tun-huang oasis, as described by him in the Geographical Journal for September, 1909. Its exce…
VIII. A short Account of the Origin, Journey, and Results of the First Royal Prussian (second German) Expedition to Turfan in Chinese Turkistan
The first modern traveller to enter the oasis of Turfan was a German botanist in the service of Russia. Dr. A. Regel. His account of the ancient sites he had visited in 1879 appeared in Petermanns Mittheilungen , but, owing to the description of the obstacles encountered, the expedition failed to produce any practical results beyond furnishing the proof that substantial and most remarkable ruins and other remains were still existent in that dista…
VIII. A short Account of the Origin, Journey, and Results of the First Royal Prussian (second German) Expedition to Turfan in Chinese Turkistan
The first modern traveller to enter the oasis of Turfan was a German botanist in the service of Russia. Dr. A. Regel. His account of the ancient sites he had visited in 1879 appeared in Petermanns Mittheilungen , but, owing to the description of the obstacles encountered, the expedition failed to produce any practical results beyond furnishing the proof that substantial and most remarkable ruins and other remains were still existent in that dista…
VIII. Dr. Stein's Turkish Khuastuanift from Tun-huang, being a Confession-prayer of the Manichæan Auditores
European science is indebted to Dr. M. A. Stein's industry for the remarkable document here published. It is one of the many valuable MSS. which fell to his lot through the partial acquisition in 1907 of an ancient library discovered, by a Chinese priest, in one of the Buddhist cave temples of the “Halls of the Thousand Buddhas” to the south-east of the Tun-huang oasis, as described by him in the Geographical Journal for September, 1909. Its exce…
Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan
Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan
Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan
First published in 1928, this volume constituted the results of expeditions by the famous archaeologist and explorer of Central Asia, Albert von Le Coq. Funded by the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and von Le Coq’s own brewing and winery empire, the second and third German expeditions ventured to Turfan in the Xinjiang region of China. Travelling East expecting to find Greek influences, the expedition in fact uncovered extensive networks of Bud…
Ancient history (5 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · German (3 works) · Adventure (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (2 works)