Mongolian proverb of the day: 'A horse knows the road, even if its rider does not' — A lesson in instinct, memory, and inherited wisdom across the steppe

A proverb from Mongolia where survival once depended on animal instinct, weather sense, and inherited knowledge of the land.

Newfound family ties link Scythian elite burials across the Eurasian steppe

A new ancient DNA study published in Science Advances provides evidence that political power among Scythian elites may have been inherited through family lineages that extended across multiple burial ...

China's Inner Mongolia bets on solar and wind but coal stays close

Seen from the air, the arrays of more than 3 million solar panels shimmering in the desert sun at the Dalad Banner solar farm ...
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Guardians of Life

Life on Sonsorol revolves around the reefs, and the children’s play teaches them many important skills.  Viewed from ...
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The Turul, the shamans, and the sword, how the Magyar horse lords became a medieval Christian kingdom

Long before Hungary existed as a kingdom, the Magyar horse lords thundered out of the Eurasian steppe, carrying with them a ...