Housed inside a ger-shaped log cabin is this museum dedicated to the legendary Alan Goa – supposed ancestor of Chinggis Khaan, major figure in The Secret History of the Mongols and locally revered folk heroine.
Alan Goa Museum
Mongolia
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16.09 MILES
This row of 13 ovoos (shamanistic offerings to the gods) made from sticks represents the 12 years according to the Asian calendar, plus one central ovoo.
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This red statue of Alan Goa, a locally revered folk heroine, looks like a Roman legionary planted incongruously in the middle of an alpine meadow. Despite…
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4.5 MILES
This red statue of Alan Goa, a locally revered folk heroine, looks like a Roman legionary planted incongruously in the middle of an alpine meadow. Despite…
16.09 MILES
This row of 13 ovoos (shamanistic offerings to the gods) made from sticks represents the 12 years according to the Asian calendar, plus one central ovoo.