欧文·拉铁摩尔誉斯坦因为“他那个时代集学者、探险家、考古学家和地理学家于一身的最伟大的人物”。伦纳德·伍利爵士则称斯坦因的远征是“一个考古学家对古老世界所进行的一次最大胆和最冒险的突袭”。这些褒奖之词足以说明斯坦因在西方学界的地位之高,而为之奠定这个地位的基础正是斯坦因所进行的艰苦卓绝而又硕果累累的四 Owen Lattim Maulustein because “” the greatest person he assembled in the era of scholars, explorers, archeologists and geographers. “ Sir Leonard Woolley claimed that Stein’s expedition was ”one of the boldest and most adventurous raids of an archaeologist in the ancient world." These testimonials are enough to explain Stein’s status in the Western academic community, and to lay the foundation for this position is Stein’s arduous and fruitful four