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Sir Marc Aurel Stein, KCIE, FRAS, FBA [1] (Hungarian: Stein Márk Aurél; 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. He was also a professor at Indian universities.
Sir Aurel Stein was a Hungarian–British archaeologist and geographer whose travels and research in central Asia, particularly in Chinese Turkistan, revealed much about its strategic role in history. Principal of the Oriental College, Lahore, Punjab, India (now in Pakistan; 1888–99), in 1892 he.
Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862 – 1943), a Hungarian-born, British archaeologist, is largely credited to have rediscovered The Silk Road – an ancient network of trade routes across Central Asia which connected the East and West – following three expeditions he made to the far western regions of China in 1900, 1906 and 1913.
Marc Aurel Stein would become quite likely “the most prodigious combination of scholar, explorer, archaeologist and geographer of his generation.”
One of the most important of these figures was Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943). Born in Budapest, Stein studied Sanskrit and comparative philology at university, going on to complete a PhD in Old Iranian and Indology.
Jan 9, 2014 · Between 1900 and 1916 the archaeologist and scholar, Aurel Stein, led three expeditions to the Taklamakan and Lop Deserts of western China in search of the sand-buried settlements of the Silk Road. He excavated scores of sites and took over 5000 photographs.
Sep 4, 2004 · Sir Aurel Stein is one of the least known of the Great British Archaeological explorers of the earlier 20th century. He was, in fact, a Hungarian Jew, born in Budapest in 1862, though his parents prudently had him baptized into the Lutheran Church.
Jan 6, 2014 · Between 1900 and 1916 the archaeologist and scholar, Aurel Stein, led three expeditions to the Taklamakan and Lop Deserts of western China in search of the sand-buried settlements of the Silk Road. He excavated scores of sites and took over 5000 photographs.
An extraordinary man, who advanced human knowledge on many fronts, Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) pursued dramatic adventure with scientific purpose.
Oct 26, 2020 · Aurel Stein was the consummate desert archaeologist, but not of those “tame deserts” of Arabia, America, or South Africa “which might impress the town dweller … and in which whole tribes can wander about for long periods sure of finding water and grazing.”
