One might imagine such a tomb decorated with images of dragons among heavenly palaces resting on clouds - depicting a glorious afterlife, but this tomb shows a series of pictures of household chores and a glimpse of the Silk Road in the form of a foreigner.

Author: Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology;

The Westerner is depicted with blonde hair holding the reigns of an Asian camel and several horses, and was likely a Sogdian - trading people who flourished and declined with the rise and fall of fortunes along the Silk Road.