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In 1900, Swedish explorer Sven Hedin accidentally discovered the remains of an ancient walled city that was once the capital of the Loulan Kingdom buried under the desert in what is today Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. His discovery ignited the treasure hunting dreams of overseas explorers, thus spelling a foreboding future for Chinese cultural relics.