In Mongolia travelers are greeted with an apparently boundless wilderness of rugged mountains, expansive grassy steppes and vast sand dunes of the Gobi. A landlocked country between China and Russia, Mongolia is slightly smaller than Alaska and is the home to almost three million people who mostly speak Khalka while a few speak a mix of the Turkic language. Mongols, who compromise the majority of the population, have for centuries using the tugrik to buy goods in the market close to the Dazhao Temple...
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In pictures: Mongolian treasures uncovered Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:21:01 GMT
A trove of Buddhist relics is uncovered from the sands of the Gobi desert after being buried for more than six decades. read more...
Hidden Gobi Desert relics found Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:25:06 GMT
Rare Buddhist artefacts hidden in the Gobi Desert for seven decades are found by Austrian-Mongolian treasure hunters. read more...
Ban discusses climate in Mongolia Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:40:56 GMT
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has spent his second full day in Mongolia talking tough on climate change. read more...
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