One of the iconic stone turtles at Karakorum

Posted by José Balido on October 10, 2022 at 11:19am

Outside the 16th-century Buddhist monastery of Erdene Zuu Khiid, two of these statues are left of the original four - originally supporting inscribed stone stelae - which "guarded" ancient Karakorum, capital of the Mongol empire between 1235 and 1260.

Richard Mortel

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One of the iconic stone turtles at Karakorum

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