Preserved gravesites found in Mongolia's Altai mountains
In 1949, in a place called “Pazirik” (80 km from the Mongolian border, in the Altai mountains), Professor Rodenko discovered a knotted carpet in the frozen graves of a people who lived in tents in, what was at that time, an arid desert. The carpet dated back 2500 years and had 3600 knots tied into a 2 x 1.8 meter rectangle. Due to the conditions of the area, the carpet was well preserved and scientists saw that the knots were either a copper-brown or light green color. Images sewn into the carpet are very similar to common shapes from the Achamenian period. In the center of this carpet are four-winged star shapes, which are exactly the same as ones discovered on objects in Lorestan.

800th Anniversary of Great Mongolian State Mongolia stages "Genghis Khaan" rock opera
By B.Bulgamaa (UB Post)

One of Mongolia’s most popular rock groups “Khar-Chono” has teamed up with praised composer S.Tara to bring Mongolia’s first rock opera, “Genghis Khaan” to audiences in Ulaanbaatar. The opera, which will also include many other famous Mongolian artists and musicians, will be based loosely on “The Secret History of the Mongols”, the 800 year old epic written about Genghis Khaan’s empire.
Organizer and general producer Kh.Bat-Ochir, director of the SmartMind Company, says “The feature of this rock opera is to bring to life our great history through music, specifically through rock and roll”. Though the opera isn't’t solely for rock enthusiasts, “folk chamber music will also be played as we hope to appeal to everyone,” Bat-Ochir said. The rock opera intends to draw its first curtain on April 20, 2006.

800th Anniversary of Great Mongolian State Celebrating 800 years of Mongolian Statehood
By Ch.Sumiya (UB Post)
2006 looks set to be an auspicious year in Mongolian history. It will mark the 800th Anniversary of the Great Mongolian State and will be honored by a string of nationwide celebrations that will last for the whole of the year.
A lavish ceremony in Sukhbaatar Square on January 1 signaled the beginning of these celebrations. In attendance were President N.Enkhbayar, Prime Minister Ts. Elbegdorj and the Speaker of the State Great Hural Ts.Nyamdorj. The centerpiece of the occasion was the raising of the national flag by a line of state honored guards with the national anthem being played in accompaniment.To celebrate the occasion the Mongolian Government Executive Committee has planned a series of events scheduled to take place in 2006. A featured part of the festivities will be the Cavalry Ride taking place throughout the summer months. Spectators who have flocked to Mongolia from all over the world, as well as the local citizenry, will be left spellbound as they get the opportunity to experience this once-in-a-lifetime event.
A cloud of dust slowly emerges from the distant grasslands; a two-hour historical spectacle begins.
The five-hundred-man cavalry is comprised entirely of soldiers and has been made possible thanks to cooperation from the Mongolian Ministry of Defense. As the cavalry emerges out of the grassland steppe in a cloud of dust, a fearsome spectacle is relived. The sight of the procession of soldiers marching in a straight line reminds us of Genghis Khan's mighty army.
Experience the awesome power of Chinggis Khaan's cavalry as 500 Mongolian soldiers reconstruct the force that shaped history. This once-in-a-lifetime event, which lasts over two hours, runs from, July through September 2006.
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