“This place seems like an ancient battlefield in the morning,” says the author By Van Hanwood

“This place seems like an ancient battlefield in the morning,” says the author By Van Hanwood
This monastery, founded in 1585, is probably the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. It’s located near the ancient Mongol capital of Karakorum. Photo by Baron Reznik
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A massive statue of Genghis Khan, several stories high, stands guard over the grasslands outside Ulaanbaatar. Photo by Al Jazeera English
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Photograph by Simon Morris