However these early explorers found the conditions too arduous for full scale digs, and resorted to hiring local people to find artifacts. Thus, while much was found during this period, careful records were not kept and many of the artifacts have found themselves in foreign museums. One such artifact, the Bezeklik murals were thought to have been destroyed through the bombing of Berlin, but may actually be in St. Petersburg. Kamberi showed a picture of the landscape to give the viewers an appreciation for the harsh conditions which have hampered past and modern-day explorers. But these same dry, inhospitable conditions actually helped to preserve the ancient cemeteries and Buddhist temples of which he showed numerous slides.
Transportation is still difficult, much of it conducted by camel.
However, the large quantities of cane and rushes found in the burial sites indicate that once this region was well-watered. Kamberi presented slides of numerous archaeological sites, textiles, pottery and statues. The city was founded in the 7 th century , but by 76 AD had begun to decline. This gave archaeologists the impression that these people worshipped the sun god. Dated to 2000 BC, this is the earliest Bronze-age site in the Uighur Autonomous Region.