Not only were priceless artifacts of Mongolia’s past recently saved from looters, but among the objects found was a rigid and sophisticated riding saddle made of elegantly carved birch. Dating to the 4th century CE, it places Mongolia, a nation whose sons and daughters conquered much of Eurasia on horseback, at the center of ancient […]

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