Golden Pita 10 - Mongolian Archaeological Treasures

Sat, 2009-06-06 17:38

Unlike excavated and reconstructed archaeological sites, the Golden Pita has several sites where the archaeological treasures are scattered around on the surface.

In the 1930's many Buddhist monasteries and villages were destroyed. Within the Golden Pita we located three ruins of villages with fascinating artifacts - beautiful sculpture, tools and Buddha's.

In one of the locations we noticed a large pit full of burned artifacts and ashes. A professional dig through this pit will reveal important artifacts that can shed more light on the fascinating Buddhist culture in the Gobi, which was completely destroyed in the 1930's.

We hope the Mongolian government will preserve these treasures before careless treasure hunters clean up the area.