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MGe 5 54 images Created 29 Oct 2021

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  • Young, costumed bareback riders approach end of a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
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  • Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • Sukhbaatar Square, named for Damdin Sukhbaatar, who liberated Mongolia from China in 1922, dominates  central Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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  • Dr. William Fitzhugh unearths ancient charred bones in a 2700+ year-old, bronze age  "khirigsuur" burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.  Tsogtbayar Tsolmon ("Tsoomoo") & Christie Leece background.  (Nick Wiltsie's hand).
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  • Smithsonian archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh take compass bearing on the orientation of an ancient horse skull in a 2700+ year-old, bronze age  "khirigsuur" burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.
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  • Mongolian archaeologist Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR) sketches carvings on a 2700+ year-old, bronze age deer stone monument at Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.
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  • A father tends to his family's horses after his children rode  bareback in a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.  Motorcycles are a sign of changing times.
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  • The Father of a young Naadam racer carries his son and friends on his motorcyle at finish line of 20km horse race at a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
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  • Nomadic herders tend to their family's stallions after a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia.
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  • Nomadic herders at a naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia.
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  • A young nomadic herder naps on his horse during a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia.
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  • Nomadic herders wrestle at a naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. This ancient sport is immensely popular across the country, and legend says that men wear their unique costumes to prove that they are not women, after an early empress humiliated her warriors by beating them.
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  • A proud father displays a plaque won by his costumed son, who rode bareback and barefoot in a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival near Muren, Mongolia. Victories in these competitions are a source of great family pride. (The medal on the horse is from an earlier race).
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  • A clan elder (who is singing) leads young, costumed  winners of a 20km horseback raceat a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. Many of the youngsters rode barefoot and bareback to save weight.
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  • A cart driver with his ox stands in a larch forest near Lake Hovsgol and the Horidal Saridag Mountains in Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
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  • Members of a Smithsonian Museum archaeology team monitor nightime laser scanning of bronze-age Deer Stones at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Muren, Mongolia.
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  • Smithsonian archaeologist & forensics specialist, Dr. Bruno Frohlich, unearths a bronze-age skeleton at a site above the Delger River near Muren, Mongolia. The  skeleton may be 2700+ years old.
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  • A mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
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  • Smithsonian archaeologist & forensics specialist, Dr. Bruno Frohlich, & Amgalantugs Tsend, a Mongolian archaeology student, unearth a bronze-age skeleton at a site above the Delger River near Muren, Mongolia. The  skeleton may be 2700+ years old.g
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  • A Bronze-age skeleton lays in situ at an archaeological site above the Delger River near Muren, Mongolia.  These bones may be 2700+ years old.
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  • A mysterious, 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stones stands at Ushkin Uver ("Lung Mountain"), near Muren, Mongolia.
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  • A mysterious, 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stones stands at Ushkin Uver ("Lung Mountain"), near Muren, Mongolia.
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  • Smithsonian archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh studies 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stones and khirigsur burial mounds Ulaan Tolgoi near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
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  • Clouds hang over Lake Erkhel, near Muren, Mongolia.  Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site is in the background hills.
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  • MONGOLIA.  Pastures and larch forests in southern Darhad Valley in the  Hovsgol district.  Horidal Saridag Mountains bkg.
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  • A four-wheel drive van crosses a dangerous, often-washed-out bridge over a river near Rinchenlhumbe in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley.   Behind are the Horidal Saridag Mountains.
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  • MONGOLIA. A van used by an archaeology expedition unloads from wooden ferry across a river between Rinchenlhumbe and Tsaagan Nuur.
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  • Sythian era petroglyphs in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley probably date at least 2700 years before present.  The deer drawings very closely match carvings on distant Deer Stones.
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  • MONGOLIA.  Pastures and larch forests in southern Darhad Valley in the  Hovsgol district.  Horidal Saridag Mountains bkg.
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  • Young acrobats perform at a naadam festival in Zuunmod, Mongolia, near Ullanbaator.
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  • A Buddhist Tsam dancer waits to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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  • A Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancer dressed as Bisman tengri, the god of wealth, entertains his companions as they  wait to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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  • Young drink vendors sell Coca Cola at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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  • A youngster shoots pool outside the national Naadam festival stadium in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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  • A Mongolian throat singer performs at a concert in Ulaanbaatar.
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  • A young nomad helps to shear the family's sheep near Dalanzadgad in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • A young camel driver leads a tourist across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
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  • Children lead bactrian camels in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
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  • Bactrian camels rest after carrying  loads in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • A Bactrian camel chews its cud on a sand dune in the southern Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • A toddler rides his father's Bactrian camel in the southern Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • A nomadic Mongolian herder in the Gobi Desert tries to catch a horse with his lasso-pole called an Uurga.
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  • A nomadic Mongolian herder tries to 'saddle-break' a horse in the southern Gobi Desert.
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  • Sunset lights a rain squall over the Gobi Desert near Dalanzadgad, Mongolia.
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  • Reindeer relax outside a Tsaatan family's teepee by Lake Hovsgol , in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
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  • A tourist ger camp at Toilogt, beside Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
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  • Mongolian musician Tserendorj sings and plays a traditional horsehead fiddle in his home in Ulaanbaatar, which he has decorated to look like a ger (yurt).
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  • A Mongolian musician in traditional boots and del plays a horsehead fiddle in Ulaanbaatar.
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  • Tumen Ekh, a Mongolian national folklore ensemble, performs a Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dance in Ulaanbaatar.
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  • A crane atop a new high rise building in Ulaanbaatar towers over a statue of Damdin Sukhbaatar, who liberated Mongolia from China in 1922.
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  • A Mongolian soldier guards the national Parliament Building in Ulaanbaatar, standing between huge bronze scuptures of Genghis Khan and one of his mounted soldiers.
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  • A statue of Lenin stands in front of the Soviet-era Ulaanbaatar Hotel in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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