Archaeological Sites in Mongolia
Bars-Hot
Bars-Hot (Kherlen Bars) was a fortified city built by the Khitan people during the Liao dynasty (10th-11th century) in the Kherlen River basin, Dornod Province, eastern Mongolia. Called Hedong City…
Kharakhorum Museum
The Kharakhorum Museum in Kharkhorin, Mongolia, was built with Japanese government funding beginning in 2007 and opened in 2011. It houses 3,128 artifacts spanning from the Upper Palaeolithic to the…
Khoit Tsenkher Cave Rock Art
Paleolithic cave paintings dating to 20,000-15,000 years ago in Mankhan Sum, Khovd Province, Mongolia. The cave's largest chamber is approximately 15 m high, with painted images of stags, buffalo,…
Khushuu Tsaidam Museum
A museum in Khashaat, Arkhangai Province, Mongolia, dedicated to the 8th-century Orkhon inscriptions of the Gokturk Empire. Built in 2008 with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency support, it…
Noin-Ula Burial Site
The Noin-Ula burial site contains over 200 large burial mounds dating from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE. Located by the Selenga River in the hills of northern Mongolia north of…
Tsagaan Salaa Rock Paintings
The Tsagaan Salaa rock paintings comprise one of the largest rock art complexes in North and Central Asia, located in western Mongolia's Altai Tavan Bogd National Park. Spanning roughly 15 square…
Uushigiin River Deer Stones
Uushigiin Uver is one of Mongolia's most significant deer stone complexes, located 18 km west of Murun in Khuvsgul province. The site preserves 30 Bronze Age megaliths dating from approximately 1200…