(Airdate: March 24, 2026) Nowhere else in China are the ruins of Gaochang so accessible, so extensive, or so impressive. Former garrisson Gaochang had soon become the capitol of an independent state, and it flourished as a cultural and political center until it was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. During his excavations here in 1905, German archeologist Le Coq found more than an underground chamber full of corpses and Buddhist art….