Archaeologists in Mongolia have found the remains of two ancient women warriors, whose skeletal remains indicate that they were well practiced in archery and horseback riding. These two women lived ...

Ancient Mongolian kingdoms might have been more sophisticated than previously believed, a new study claims. A paper presented in the journal Scientific Reports shows evidence that their diets relied ...

2005-03-27 04:00:00 PDT Ulan Bator, Mongolia-- By all accounts, Genghis Khan was not a nice guy. Nice guys finish last, and Genghis Khan was determined not to be at the back of the pack. In the late ...

As an English-literature major and avid reader of spy novels, I have always enjoyed visiting the exotic or historic places in the books I read: Marrakesh, Kathmandu, Istanbul, Pompeii and Tintagel (in ...

I reached the ridge top and there they were — the stallion out front and five mares, his harem, following. I celebrated seeing the only wild horse, Przewalski's horse, once nearly extinct, now ...

RFE/RL correspondent Daisy Sindelar and multimedia producer Margot Buff have been exploring Mongolia for a week. -- Eds. The picture above, from the 1960s, shows a history lesson in progress at Ulan ...

According to new research, nomadic horse culture -- famously associated with Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes -- can trace its roots back more than 3,000 years in the eastern Eurasian Steppes, in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Towering high above any of its relatives or namesakes, this caenagnathid dinosaur, unrelated to the likes of Velociraptor and ...

Last week’s fighting in Jehol meant only hindrance to Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, famed digger of fossils in Mongolia. Dr. Andrews recognized the State of Manchukuo last autumn, arranged with the Regency ...