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  • Wildflowers grow beside Lake Hovsgol Mongolia's Hovsgol National Park.
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  • A ship docks near a tourist ger camp by Lake Hovsgol, in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080716-127.jpg
  • A Tsaatan reindeer herder wearing a traditional daftan called a del sits by his animals in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080717-025.jpg
  • Larch trees grow beside  Lake Hovsgol on foothills of the Horidol Saridog Mountains in Mongolia's Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 060627-004.jpg
  • Wildflowers grow beside Lake Hovsgol Mongolia's Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 060627-019.jpg
  • Larch trees grow beside  Lake Hovsgol on foothills of the Horidol Saridog Mountains in Mongolia's Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 060627-007.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Baby bird in grassy nest beside Lake Hovsgol at foot of Horidol Saridog Mountains.  Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 060627-030.jpg
  • A reindeer-herding (Tsaatan) mother & her baby sell hand-made souveniers to tourists visiting Lake Hovsgol and the Horidal Saridag Mountains in Mongolia's Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 060627-033.jpg
  • A reindeer-herding (Tsaatan) mother & her baby sell hand-made souvenirs to tourists visiting Lake Hovsgol and the Horidal Saridag Mountains in Mongolia's Hovsgol National Park. They live in the tipi tent in the background.
    MGe 060627-042.jpg
  • Clouds hang over Lake Erkhel, near Muren, Mongolia.  Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site is in the background hills.
    MGe 060701-045.jpg
  • Summer cumulus clouds float above a Valley surrounding Lake Erkhel, near Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-034.jpg
  • Clouds hang over Lake Erkhel, near Muren, Mongolia.  Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site is in the background hills.
    MGe 060701-047.jpg
  • Enkhtuya Ragchaa, a 53-year-old shaman of the Tsaatan (Reindeer) people.
    MGe 080717-001.jpg
  • A cart driver with his ox stands in a larch forest near Lake Hovsgol and the Horidal Saridag Mountains in Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 060627-001.jpg
  • Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, a salt-water sink that gaining infamy in 2005 as a site of massive bird kills from avian flu.  Ulaan Tolgoi, a major deer stone site lies just west of the lake.
    MGe 060625-013.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at a site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.  An ancient Deer Stone stands in the foreground (from the same era).
    MGe 060701-021.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at a site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.  An ancient Deer Stone stands in the foreground (from the same era).
    MGe 060701-029.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at a site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.  An ancient Deer Stone stands in the foreground (from the same era).
    MGe 060701-020.jpg
  • Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, a salt-water sink that gaining infamy in 2005 as a site of massive bird kills from avian flu.  Ulaan Tolgoi, a major deer stone site lies just west of the lake.
    MGe 060625-011.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.  The burning dung is used to control gnats & biting insects. <br />
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  • A mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone stands by sheep pastures near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060701-006.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Family homestead and sheep pens near Lake Erkhel & Muren. Mongolia.
    MGe 060701-012.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at a site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.  An ancient Deer Stone stands in the foreground (from the same era).
    MGe 060701-033.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.  An ancient Deer Stone stands in foreground (from same era).<br />
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  • MONGOLIA. Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.  An ancient Deer Stone stands in foreground (from same era).<br />
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    MGe 060701-030.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at site beside sheep corrals near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060701-011.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at a site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.  An ancient Deer Stone stands in the foreground (from the same era).
    MGe 060701-025.jpg
  • A tourist ger camp at Toilogt, beside Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080717-054.jpg
  • Larch trees grow beside Lake Hovsgol, under the Horidal Saridag Mountains in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080717-062.jpg
  • A young Mongolian rides her mountain bike past a tourist ger camp at Toilogt, beside Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080717-155.jpg
  • A traveler walks below larch trees beside Lake Hovsgol, in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080717-148.jpg
  • A Mongolian dancer performs at a tourist ger camp by Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 080717-086.jpg
  • Geo-tourists canoe past a larch tree on Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park
    MGe 080717-047.jpg
  • A Mongolian dancer performs a 'shaman dance' at a tourist ger camp by Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 080717-115.jpg
  • A photographer stands below larch trees beside Lake Hovsgol, in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080717-149.jpg
  • A Mongolian dancer performs a 'shaman dance' at a tourist ger camp by Lake Hovsgol in Lake Hovsgol National Park.
    MGe 080717-129.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Enkhtuya Ragchaa, a 53-year-old shaman of the Tsaatan (Reindeer) people, now living on the west shore of Lake Hovsgol, in northern Mongolia.  She treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.  Her clients include local families and foreigners, alike.
    MGe 060627-096.jpg
  • Enkhtuya Ragchaa, a 53-year-old shaman of the Tsaatan (Reindeer) people, now living on the west shore of Lake Hovsgol, in northern Mongolia.  She treats a variety of spiritual maladies caused by offenses against natural spirits, either by going into a trance or with natural herbs.  Her clients include local families and foreigners, alike.
    MGe 060627-117.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Horseman rides in fenced pasture below larch trees by Lake Hovsgol, below Horidal Saridag Mountains, Hovsgol National Park.
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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.
    MGe 060626-010.jpg
  • Smithsonian Museum archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh & Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR), a famed pioneer of Monolian archaeology, study a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-045.jpg
  • Mongolian archaeologist Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR) studies carvings on a 2700+ year-old, bronze age deer stone monument at Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.   Sasha is a renowned pioneer of Mongolian archaeology, some of it pursued & published during Soviet era.
    MGe 060626-018.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-027.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.  <br />
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MS0702_060628_0435.NEF
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  • MONGOLIA. 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.  <br />
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    MGe 060628-015.jpg
  • Mongolian archaeologist Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR) sketches carvings on a 2700+ year-old, bronze age deer stone monument at Ulaan Tolgai archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.  Sasha is a pioneer Mongolian researcher, who did much work and publication during the Soviet era.   <br />
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    MGe 060626-014.jpg
  • An ancient horse skull lies in a 2700+ year-old, bronze age  "khirigsuur" burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.  The site is associated with mysterious deer stone monuments.
    MGe 060626-011.jpg
  • Smithsonian Museum archaeologist Christina Leece & Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR), a famed pioneer of Monolian archaeology, unearth a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-042.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.  <br />
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    MGe 060630-038.jpg
  • Smithsonian archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh studies 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stones and khirigsur burial mounds Ulaan Tolgoi near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-011.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.  Patterns are probably shamanistic symbols.<br />
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    MGe 060630-005.jpg
  • Mongolian archaeologist Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR) sketches carvings on a 2700+ year-old, bronze age deer stone monument at Ulaan Tolgai archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.   <br />
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    MGe 060626-015.jpg
  • 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Moron, Mongolia.  A "khirigsuur" burial mound of similar age is in the background.
    MGe 060626-003.jpg
  • Nearby a summer thundershower, a Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-040.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.  <br />
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MS0702_060630_0234.NEF
    MGe 060630-037.jpg
  • Smithsonian Museum archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh & Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR), a famed pioneer of Monolian archaeology, study a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-032.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-026.jpg
  • Smithsonian archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh studies a 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgoi, near Lake  Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-020.jpg
  • Smithsonian archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh studies 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stones and khirigsur burial mounds Ulaan Tolgoi near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-012.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.
    MGe 060628-042.jpg
  • Mongolian archaeologist Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR) sketches carvings on a 2700+ year-old, bronze age deer stone monument at Ulaan Tolgai archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.  Sasha is a pioneer Mongolian researcher, who did much work and publication during the Soviet era.  <br />
MS0702_060626_0129.NEF
    MGe 060626-013.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Dr. William Fitzhugh studies 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stones and khirigsur burial mounds at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.
    MGe 060630-023.jpg
  • A mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone stands on a hillside called Ulaan Tolgoi, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia. The patterns probably depict a shamanistic breast plate.
    MGe 060630-003.jpg
  • A mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060628-043.jpg
  • Mongolian archaeologist Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan ("Bayaraa") unearths ancient horse skull in a 2700+ year-old, bronze age  "khirigsuur" burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia., Mongolia., Mongolia.  A deer stone of similar age is in the background.
    MGe 060626-009.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Nick Wiltsie & puppy near Lake Erkhel.
    MGe 060701-003.jpg
  • Smithsonian Museum archaeologist  Christina Leece studies a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-049.jpg
  • Nearby a summer thundershower, a Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-036.jpg
  • A mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060628-035.jpg
  • A 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060628-014.jpg
  • Mongolian archaeologist Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR) replants vegetation at a 2700+ year-old, bronze age deer stone site at Ulaan Tolgoi, near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.  Christina Leece bkg.
    MGe 060626-021.jpg
  • Mongolian archaeologist Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan ("Bayaraa") unearths ancient horse skull in a 2700+ year-old, bronze age  "khirigsuur" burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi archaeological site near Lake Erkhel, north of Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-008.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Nick Wiltsie reads beside 2700+ year-old deer stone &  khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.
    MGe 060630-031.jpg
  • Mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stones stand on a hillside called Ulaan Tolgoi, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-002.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai site near Lake Erkhel & Muren.  <br />
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MS0702_060628_0487.NEF
    MGe 060628-031.jpg
  • Archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh points out carvings on a 2700+ year-old, bronze age deer stone to visitors to his site at Ulaan Tolgai,  near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia. <br />
MS0702_060626_0180.NEF
    MGe 060626-019.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-041.jpg
  • A mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060628-020.jpg
  • 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.
    MGe 060626-017.jpg
  • A mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone at Ulaan Tolgai, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060628-044.jpg
  • A 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone stands on a hill called Ulaan Tolgoi ("Red Hill"), near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-005.jpg
  • A 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone stands on a hill called Ulaan Tolgoi ("Red Hill"), near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060626-004.jpg
  • Smithsonian Museum archaeologist Dr. William Fitzhugh & Tovuudorj Sanjmyatov ("Sasha") (MR), a famed pioneer of Monolian archaeology, study a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-033.jpg
  • A mysterious 2700+ year-old, bronze age Deer Stone stands on a hillside called Ulaan Tolgoi, near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-004.jpg
  • Smithsonian Museum archaeologist  Christina Leece studies a 2700+ year-old khirigsur burial mound at Ulaan Tolgoi site near Lake Erkhel & Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-047.jpg
  • Wildflowers bloom near Lake Erkhel, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-053.jpg
  • 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).
    MGe 060626-007.jpg
  • Wildflowers bloom near Lake Erkhel, Mongolia.
    MGe 060630-052.jpg
  • A Smithsonian Museum archaeology team studies a 2700+ year-old,  khirigsur burial mound above Delger River, near Muren, Mongolia.
    MGe 060628-047.jpg
  • Reindeer relax outside a Tsaatan family's teepee by Lake Hovsgol , in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
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  • MONGOLIA, Lake Hovsgol.  National Geographic photo expedition unloads from boat on this huge, unpolluted lake that feeds into Russia's Lake Baikal.
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  • MONGOLIA, Lake Hovsgol. Herders walk under larch trees in fenced pasture by this huge, pure lake that is now a Natl. Park.
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  • MONGOLIA, Lake Hovsgol. Herder uses sythe to cut grass to feed his family's animals during winter months ahead.
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  • Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
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  • Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080717-106.jpg
  • Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080716-102.jpg
  • Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080718-020.jpg
  • Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
    MGe 080718-014.jpg
  • Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
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  • Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia.
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