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The painted cave temples of Dunhuang

One of the fabulous cultural treasures of China is the painted cave temples spread along a thousand miles of the Silk Road. At Dunhuang there are 45,000 m2 of wall painting in some 500 caves, and scores of other significant sites with extraordinary wall paintings. Over the last few years the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), Dunhuang Academy (DA), Lanzhou University and the Courtauld have been developing a 3-year professional MA course in wall painting conservation. Also, Cave 260 at Dunhuang will be conserved jointly by the Courtauld and the DA with the continuing collaboration of the GCI.