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Loulan,1．ancient city on the Silk Road, brings back2．(image) of mystery and romanticism even as it disappears into the mists of history.

Shiji,or Records of the Grand Historian, the foundational text of Chinese history3．(date) back to the first century BC, records that before the 2nd century BC,Loulan was already famous in Xiyu.4．, it collapsed in about the 5th century. In 1900,Swedish explorer Sven Hedin discovered the site of ancient Loulan.

5．(locate) in Lop Nur, a former salt lake which6．(dry) up to a large extent now, in Ruoqiang county, Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture,Xinjiang, the Loulan site covers an area of about 120,000 square meters,7．extremely harsh environment ensured that few people set foot on this area. In the 1990s, when mummies were discovered in this area, grave robbers noticed the wealth of cultural relics.8．(tackle)the situation, a Loulan cultural relics protection station was built in 1998. At first it was9．(season), and later became permanent in 2003.

Over the years, five stations have been built in Lop Nur, and altogether 20 people10．(work) at them safeguarding heritage, according to Feng Jing, director of Loulan Museum in Ruoqiang.