直到时序进入近代，英、法、俄、日的冒险家先后从敦煌藏经洞劫走大批典籍，接着美国人又盗取了大量壁画，敦煌这才重新声名大噪，并且变得更加疮痍满目。

• And it was not until modern times when the British,French,Russian and Japanese adventurers plundered large quantities of sutras from Dunhuang's Grottoes of Buddhist Texts and later the Americans stole large numbers of frescoes that Dunhuang regained its fame but became even more devastated.