Marcia Reed is the chief curator of the Getty Research Institute

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Cave 320, south wall, depiction of the Aparimitāyus Sutra

The sacred, ancient grottoes where world cultures came together

An enormous project to preserve, study and replicate the cave temples of Dunhuang lies behind the Getty’s latest exhibition

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