Secret Ancient World Buried Under The Vast Takla Makan Desert

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Ancient people believed that there was no way out once you entered this place. A very long time ago, there were houses and temples here. Today, everything is buried under the sand.

Precious ancient relics are hidden deep under the “Sea of Death,” or the Taklamakan desert.

Takla Makan Desert – Credit: Wikipedia – CC BY-SA 4.0

Archaeologists are beginning to discover some of the secrets that have been hidden in this mysterious region. Still, it seems we are only scratching the surface, and only time will tell what more wonders are waiting to be unraveled.

The Taklamakan desert is the largest in China. It is also considered the world’s second-largest shifting-sand desert covering an area of over 33 700 square kilometers (over 13,000 square miles). In the Uigur language, Takla Makan means ‘you can get into it but can never get out’; that is why the desert is also called ‘the Sea of Death.’

The desert is very significant to the people in this region.

According to an ancient legend, a powerful Supernatural Being once a long time ago saw the people in this area and thought he could help them by using the two magic objects in his possession, namely the golden ax and the golden key.

He gave his golden ax to the Kazakh, so they split the mountain Altai and diverted water from the mountains to the fields.

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