Block prints on paper from Khara-Khoto, Inner Mongolia.
Caption:
Khara-Khoto is a medieval Tangut city in the Ejin khoshuu of Alxa League, in western Inner Mongolia, near the former Gashun Lake. It has been identified as the city of Etzina, which appears in The Travels of Marco Polo.
Credit:
Album / Pictures From History/Universal Images Group