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The Mogao Caves are a complex of Buddhist cave temples located near the city of Dunhuang in China's Gansu Province, along the historic Silk Road. Construction of the caves began in 366 CE, and they were used continuously for approximately a thousand years. Carved into a 1.6-kilometer-long cliff face, the 492 caves house more than 45,000 square meters of wall paintings and over 2,000 painted sculptures, representing the most extensive body of Buddhist art in China. The paintings and sculptures pr