Mongolia Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The recent archaeological discovery in Dornod Province, Mongolia, has yielded significant historical insights. During an excavation, an elite grave from the pre-Mongol period, specifically
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Every year on June 21, a global community comes together to celebrate the summer solstice. These vibrant and enchanting festivals, deeply rooted in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In eastern Mongolia, a 405 km long previously unexplored wall system has been largely overlooked in existing academic discourse. Named the “Mongolian Arc,”
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have used radiocarbon dating to analyze the oldest true wooden frame saddle in East Asia, revealing how advances likely aided the rise
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists report the discovery of an ancient pendant that may have the oldest carving of a penis ever unearthed. The stone was found
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Long obscured in the shadows of history, the world's first nomadic empire—the Xiongnu—is, at last, coming into view thanks to painstaking archaeological excavations
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient burial place of a noble Mongol warrior has been unearthed in the vicinity of the village of Glinoe, Slobodzeya region, the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The movement of herders and livestock into the eastern steppe is of great interest to researchers, but few scholars have linked the introduction
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Covering an area of 500,000 square miles, the Gobi Desert stretches across huge portions of both Mongolia and China. The Gobi (from Mongolian gobi,
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Fossils
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A species of giant two-humped camel, Camelus knoblochi, is known to have lived for approximately a quarter of a million years in
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What ancient secrets are hidden in the Khentii Mountains? Is the tomb of the great warrior Genghis Khan hidden deep inside the mountains? Is
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Khara-Khoto ("black city" or "black water city") was inhabited by Tangut people and located about 200 miles north of the legendary Silk Highway
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The year is 1206. The Mongol tribal leader Temüjin (1158 – 1227) gathers several nomadic tribes and declares himself Genghis Khan. By doing
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Dragons played an important role in the mythology of many ancient cultures. In Asia, the dragon was one of the four totems of the ancient
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Featured Stories
David Tee - AncientPages.com - A short book “The Secret History of the Mongols” by an unknown author was written just after the death of Genghis Khan. The
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Genghis Khan is a title, not a name. Genghis Khan was born with the name "Temujin." The name means "blacksmith" or "one who
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Nearly a thousand ornamented steles dot the Mongolian steppes. These “deer stones” were erected between 1200 and 800 BC, and are part of large
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Featured Stories
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Before a catastrophe occurred, there was a time in the distant past when the Gobi Desert was covered by water, spanning areas of
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this article we started our journey to Mongolia where we learned how this amazing discovery took place by accident. We
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Searching for ancient secret knowledge out journey takes us to Mongolia, a land full of mysteries little known to the Western world. As we
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Legendary Mongol leader Genghis Khan (1162-1227) is today famous for establishing the largest empire in history. He was a ruthless killer, but also a
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Ancient musical instruments made of the splintered ribs of cows or horses and known as the Jew's harps were discovered at archaeological sites Chultukov Log 9 and
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A unique ancient monument built during, the late Second Ancient Turkic Qaghanate, has been discovered in eastern Mongolia by archeologists from Osaka University, Japan and the Institute
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mongolian messengers had to travel 48 kilometers (30 mi) a day and being in a possession of a "magic" badge (see left image) they
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the 13th century, Europe was shivering with fear. The Mongol invasion was just around the corner. When Genghis Khan, the great Mongol
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The thirteenth-century Mongolian prince, Kublai Khan, was one of the most influential people in the history of humanity. Kublai Khan was the grandson
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - After the Mongols conquered many lands and created their vast empire, there came a peaceful time called the Pax Mongolica, which is also known as ‘Mongol Peace’, a period
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Karakorum was first settled about 750. In 1220, Genghis Khan, the great Mongol conqueror, founded his headquarters there and used it as a base
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An unknown, terrible, and powerful ancient weapon could have contributed to the collapse of one or several technologically advanced civilizations that existed in the
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AncientPages.com - In Mongolia there are 700 mysterious standing stones covered with extraordinary carvings and patterns. Who made them for what purpose? Until today, the standing stones of Mongolia
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