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In 1957, China's People's Liberation Army visited Tsaparang, giving us the first ever motion pictures of the abandoned city.
1957年人民解放軍來到札布讓帶來這座古城有史以來的第一支動畫影片。
Amongst the roaded ruins they discovered intricate religious objects, icons and murals, tale-tell signs of grandeur and opulence.
在受到嚴重侵蝕的遺址中，他們發現精致的宗教寶物圖騰及壁畫，述說著繁華及財富。
But it was inside the caves deep within the city that the soldiers found the most intriguing revelations: armour, shields and hundreds of arrows.
但更進入古城，他們發現最令人費解的洞窟，存放著兵器，盾牌及數以百計的箭。
And in one particular cave, the cave of the dead, they found the most grizzly ever evidence: the remains of hundreds of headless corpses.
他們還發現干尸洞，洞中堆著令人毛骨悚然的，幾百具無頭尸體。
Whose macabre remains of these and how did they get here?
這些尸骸是誰？他們為什么在這里？
Perhaps answers to these questions would shed some light on the mysterious disappearance of Guge.
這些問題的解答或許可以稍稍解開古格王朝神秘消失的謎團。
But we would have to wait another 20 years for that illumination.
但我們卻又等了二十年才見到曙光。
In 1985, a team from Xi'an Archaeological Institute stumbled upon an intriguing clue:
1985年，一支西安考古隊偶然發現一個令人困惑的線索:
an ancient paper mask probably used in the religious ceremony.
他們發現用于宗教儀式的一只古老紙糊面具。
It seemed quite ordinary first, but when they turned it over, they found traces of an unrecognizable western script.
乍看平常，但他們發現背面印著西方字體。
Months of research would reveal this to be a section of pages from a Bible written in an ancient former Portuguese used by early Jesuits.
經過了幾個月后的研究顯示面具背后的文字是用早期葡萄牙文寫成的圣經，天主教圣經。
But how could the pages of an old Catholic Bible come to be part of a Tibetan shaman's mask in the far reaches of Guge?
如何飄洋過海來到古格王朝而被糊成西藏僧人的面具？
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