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[quote=JABAROOTOO              ,20234]Hi rita,  Interesting that you are looking at this lost city of Rome.  I am reading David Harris's book  'Black Horse Odyssey' which he wrote after coming to china in 1989 to see if he could locate the city. You probably have no chance to read his book but it is a good read.  In fact it is the second time for me.  holiday reading!He taught in Lanzhou University, even got married in Lanzhou to his Australian wife and made two trips Yongchang ans surrounding districts and worked with other scholars and historians in Lanzhou before travelling all the way from Rome, Italy back to China retracing the steps.The men are reported to be captured soldiers who were pressed to defend the region by the ruling party of the time.Li jien (which is the old Wade Gile pinyin) was thought to have meant Rome or the Roman World. I'll send you a few more snippets from the book next time I get online.I would love to come see the place myself as he reports seeing huge areas of broken walls and there was supposed to be other significant buildings in the area.  All very intriguing to say the least. And a recent documentary on DNA and genes conclused they will not give anything new evidnce unless like you say they find close relatives. Look forward to hearing more on your visit.[/quote]

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