“We discovered a unique burial ritual long thought to be an exaggeration of the Greek historian Herodotus aimed at making the steppe nomads look more barbaric.” He added: “The archaeology ...

wild landscape of rolling green steppe and stony mountains, far reaching valleys, sturdy horses, short grass aromatic with sage, and hospitable nomads living in traditional round gers. The Mongolian ...

“We are the descendents of wise and brave nomads who were able to preserve their unique identity and gave us the civilization of the Great Steppe,” he said. “Our common duty is to cherish ...

But then, some 6,000 years ago on the steppes of Central Asia, we began to ride. The earliest horse cultures were nomads with herds of livestock – and for them, horsepower changed everything.

He was obviously a personification of the nomads of the desert and steppe. The Sumerian myth of Martu tells that he dwells in the mountains…he carries a weapon. He eats truffles in the foot of the ...

Thousand of miles of undulating steppe, nervous cats and extreme cold ... Miles and miles of rolling grassland, punctuated only occasionally by a nomad’s ger and some livestock in the far ...

From the nomads of the vast steppe, to the glamour and adulation of the stage. Kate Molleson unravels the story of Mongolia's remarkable rise to being an opera superpower.