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Mongol-American Khovd Archaeology Project in 2007

The list of accepted participants.

For the summer of 2007, the Silkroad Foundation, in conjunction with the National Museum of Mongolian History and the University of Pennsylvania, will be sponsoring excavations and survey in the Altai Mountians of Khovd aimag, Mongolia. Go to program announcement. See the list of accepted participants.


Excavation and Survey in Arkhangai and Bulgan aimaqs, Mongolia in 2005

For the summer of 2005, the Silkroad Foundation, in conjunction with the Department of Archaeology at the Mongolian National University, sponsored excavation and survey in Arkhangai and Bulgan aimaqs, Mongolia. Go to program announcement or excavation site


English Translation of Central Asian Oral Epic "MANAS"

The monumental epic Manas is the most treasured expression of the national heritage of the Kyrgyz people. Composed and sung entirely in oral form by various singers throughout the centuries, Manas is regarded as the epitome of oral creativity....

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