Aurel Stein

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Central Asia explorer Hungarian-British person archaeologist explorer human

Aurel Stein was a Hungarian-British archaeologist and explorer renowned for his pioneering expeditions in Central Asia, during which he uncovered important Silk Road manuscripts and archaeological sites.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Aurel Stein canonical	15
Aurel Stein's Central Asian expeditions	1
Aurel Stein’s Central Asian expeditions	1
M. Aurel Stein	1
Sir Marc Aurel Stein	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Central Asia explorer ⓘ Hungarian-British person ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ
activity	acquired large collections of manuscripts and artifacts for British institutions ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ surface form: Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire Fellow of the British Academy ⓘ Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
birthCountry	Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
birthDate	1862-11-26 ⓘ
birthPlace	Budapest ⓘ Pest ⓘ
burialPlace	British cemetery in Kabul ⓘ
citizenship	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary United Kingdom ⓘ
conductedExpeditionIn	Xinjiang ⓘ surface form: Chinese Turkestan Gansu Province ⓘ surface form: Gansu Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ surface form: Kashmir Taklamakan Desert ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ
deathCountry	Afghanistan ⓘ
deathDate	1943-10-26 ⓘ
deathPlace	Kabul ⓘ
discoveredAt	Mogao Caves ⓘ
education	University of Leipzig ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ University of Tübingen ⓘ University of Vienna ⓘ
employer	India Office in London ⓘ surface form: British Indian government University of the Punjab ⓘ surface form: Punjab University
era	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Hungarian ⓘ
familyName	Stein ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Central Asian studies ⓘ Indology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ historical geography ⓘ
fullName	Aurel Stein self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sir Marc Aurel Stein
givenName	Aurel ⓘ Marc ⓘ
knownFor	archaeological expeditions in Central Asia ⓘ discovery and acquisition of Dunhuang manuscripts ⓘ excavations at ancient Silk Road sites in Chinese Central Asia ⓘ exploration of the Silk Road ⓘ studies of the historical geography of Asia ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ Persian ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ
mainInterest	Buddhist manuscripts ⓘ Silk Road history ⓘ archaeology of Xinjiang ⓘ
memberOf	British Academy ⓘ Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
notableWork	Kingdom of Khotan ⓘ surface form: Ancient Khotan Innermost Asia ⓘ Ruins of Desert Cathay ⓘ Serindia ⓘ
occupation	archaeologist ⓘ explorer ⓘ scholar of Central Asia ⓘ
positionHeld	Principal of Oriental College, Lahore ⓘ Superintendent of Archaeological Survey in the North-West Frontier and Baluchistan ⓘ

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Subject: Aurel Stein
Description of subject: Aurel Stein was a Hungarian-British archaeologist and explorer renowned for his pioneering expeditions in Central Asia, during which he uncovered important Silk Road manuscripts and archaeological sites.

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tocharian languages → discoveredBy → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Aurel Stein → fullName → Aurel Stein self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Marc Aurel Stein

Shanshan → archaeologyBy → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Serindia → author → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Serindia → basedOn → Aurel Stein ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aurel Stein’s Central Asian expeditions

Serindia → illustrator → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Ruins of Desert Cathay → author → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Ruins of Desert Cathay → authorName → Aurel Stein ⓘ

this entity surface form: M. Aurel Stein

Mogao Caves → manuscriptsCollectedBy → Aurel Stein ⓘ

British cemetery in Kabul → hasGraveOf → Aurel Stein ⓘ

British cemetery in Kabul → notableBurial → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Innermost Asia → author → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Innermost Asia → documents → Aurel Stein ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aurel Stein's Central Asian expeditions

Innermost Asia → hasContributor → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Loulan → excavatedBy → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Aurel → notableBearer → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Ganeriwala → discoveredBy → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Sutkagen Dor → discoveredBy → Aurel Stein ⓘ

Sutkagen Dor → researcher → Aurel Stein ⓘ