One was Tang dynasty China, an empire stretching from the South ... No logbooks survived, no bills of lading, no maps. But most scholars believe that it was bound for the Middle East, possibly ...

The whitewashed ceiling displays a painted map of the ... Because Southern Tang had declined by the time Li Jing died, and he had declared himself a vassal of the Later Zhou Dynasty, his mausoleum ...

A map shows a neighborhood where the owners of the tombs lived. Photos: Courtesy of Xi'an Institute of Cultural Relics ...

However, almost a thousand years before them, the Christian community thrived in medieval China during the rule of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE). These Christians belonged to the Church of the ...