For five millennia, the peoples & cultures of East & West have met & mingled in Central Asia. For explorers & travellers it is a promised l&, a region of white spaces on the map, forgotten cities & archaeological treasures. Christoph Baumer has spent a lifetime travelling through the countries of Central Asia, making extraordinary discoveries along the way. ” Traces in the Desert” follows in his intrepid footsteps as he finds evidence of Indo-Europeans in the steppes of Western Mongolia, discovers lost oasis cities in the Taklamakan & unearths art treasures in Tibet. He embarks on a quest to find Genghis Khan`s long-lost tomb & has numerous, occasionally hair-raising, encounters with shamans, Iranian politicians & armed Tibetan bandits. Enlightening & full of adventure, ” Traces in the Desert” uniquely illuminates the hidden parts of Central Asia that have not just disappeared beneath the shifting sands, but also from the horizon of our memory.