German Turfan expeditions

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archaeological expedition research project

The German Turfan expeditions were a series of early 20th-century archaeological and scholarly missions to the Turfan region of Chinese Central Asia that collected and studied ancient manuscripts, artworks, and cultural artifacts from Silk Road civilizations.

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Label Occurrences
German Turfan expeditions canonical 2
First German Turfan expedition 1
German Turfan Collection 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological expedition ⓘ
research project ⓘ
aim collection and study of ancient manuscripts ⓘ
documentation of Silk Road art and archaeology ⓘ
collected documents on palm leaf ⓘ
documents on paper ⓘ
documents on parchment ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
wall paintings ⓘ
wooden objects ⓘ
collectionStoredAt Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
Museum für Asiatische Kunst ⓘ
surface form: Museum für Asiatische Kunst Berlin

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
endTime 1914 ⓘ
fieldOfWork Buddhist studies ⓘ
Central Asian studies ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
philology ⓘ
hasPart German Turfan expeditions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First German Turfan expedition

German Turfan expeditions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second German Turfan expedition

German Turfan expeditions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Third German Turfan expedition
influenced Central Asian art history ⓘ
Manichaean studies ⓘ
Silk Road studies ⓘ
Tocharian linguistics ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
location Chinese Central Asia ⓘ
Turfan region ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
mainSubject Buddhist manuscripts ⓘ
Chinese texts ⓘ
Christian (Nestorian) manuscripts ⓘ
Manichaean manuscripts ⓘ
Old Uyghur texts ⓘ
Sanskrit texts ⓘ
Silk Road manuscripts ⓘ
Sogdian texts ⓘ
Tibetan texts ⓘ
Tocharian texts ⓘ
notableParticipant Albert Grünwedel ⓘ
Albert von Le Coq ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Müller ⓘ
Theodor Bartus NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn early 20th century ⓘ
organizer Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Königliche Museen zu Berlin

Ethnologisches Museum ⓘ
surface form: Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin

Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
partOf Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road exploration
resultedIn Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Turfan Collection in Berlin
significantPlace Bezeklik Caves ⓘ
Khocho ⓘ
Sängim ⓘ
Toyoq Caves ⓘ
Turfan region ⓘ
surface form: Turfan oasis

Yar-khoto ⓘ
startTime 1902 ⓘ

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Albert von Le Coq → participatedIn → German Turfan expeditions ⓘ
German Turfan expeditions → hasPart → German Turfan expeditions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First German Turfan expedition
German Turfan expeditions → hasPart → German Turfan expeditions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second German Turfan expedition
German Turfan expeditions → hasPart → German Turfan expeditions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third German Turfan expedition
Turfan manuscripts → discoveredBy → German Turfan expeditions ⓘ
Turfan manuscripts → relatedTo → German Turfan expeditions ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Turfan Collection